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Workers clear rail line

THE landslide-disrupted Litang-Zhanjiang section of northbound railway line as far as Chongqing was reopened early yesterday. Some 1,000 staff worked around the clock to clear the track, according to sources... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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