1st ever national mouring
China on Monday began a three-day national mourning for the tens of thousands of people killed in a powerful earthquake which struck Sichuan on May 12. At 4:58 a.m., the national flag at the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing flew at half-mast.
Dead 32,477
Buried 9,500
Saved 33,434
Injured 220,109
As of May 18, 06:00 GMT
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