Five days after the earthquake in China, which devastated large swathes of Sichuan province, President Hu Jintao says rescuers and emergency teams will not give up hope of finding more survivors alive.
The official death toll is put at more than 22,000, but is expected to exceed 50,000 and efforts are now squarely focused on getting help to those who survived the earthquake.

By Chris Buckley DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - A Chinese lake damaged by anearthquake may be about to burst its banks, state media said onSaturday, as President Hu Jintao headed for the epicentre withthe death toll expected to rise to 50,000.
Forty-six seriously injured people needed to be evacuatedimmediately in Beichuan, also at the epicentre of Monday's 7.9magnitude quake, where the water level of a lake was risingrapidly and may burst, Xinhua news agency said.
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BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters) - Forty-six seriously injured people needed to be evacuated immediately in Beichuan, at the epicentre of the Sichuan quake, where the water level of a lake is rising rapidly and may burst at any time, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting warnings from soldiers at the site.
China has put the known death toll from Monday's quake at over 22,000 but has said it expects it to exceed 50,000. About 4.8 million people have lost their homes and the days are numbered in which survivors can be found.
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By Chris Buckley DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race to save lives,

Residents flee yesterday as an aftershock hits Beichuan County, in Sichuan Province, one of the areas hit hardest by the earthquake, China's worst natural disaster in 30 years. Residents flee yesterday as an aftershock hits Beichuan County, in Sichuan Province, one of the areas hit hardest by the earthquake, China's worst natural disaster in 30 years. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
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China's president has urged rescuers in the earthquake-struck province of Sichuan to race to save lives.
Visiting the south-western province, Hu Jintao said "time is pressing" during the effort's "most crucial phase".
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By Emma Graham-Harrison YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race against time

AP Beichuan, China - Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday, May 16, who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake.
The first foreign rescue workers since Monday's magnitude 7.9 temblor were allowed to the scene, and helicopters dropped leaflets urging people to "unite together" and providing survival tips. Officials have said the quake's final toll could reach 50,000.
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By ANDREW JACOBS YINHUA, China - Four days after a powerful earthquake turned this picturesque mountain town into a jumble of beams and brick and gray roof tiles, villagers stood on a knoll to watch rescue workers pick through the remains of a six-story apartment block. At one point came a hush, and then a burst of applause, as a man emerged from a slit in the rubble, his body draped in a floral blanket.
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Thousands of soldiers and civilian volunteers continue rescue and relief efforts after Monday’s huge earthquake in southwestern China. Thousands of people are believed to still be buried under collapsed buildings.
Rescuers search for victims in the wreckage of a school in Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China
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BEIJING: Rescue work in the earthquake-hit areas of southwest China's Sichuan province was seriously affected by a major after-shock measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale around 1.25pm on Friday. But Chinese authorities showed no signs of slacking in the battle to save more lives as President Hu Jintao took charge of directly overseeing relief operations.
Chinese authorities said on Friday that 22,000 people have been confirmed dead so far. They had expressed fears on Thursday that 50,000 people might have died. But the toll of confirmed death continued to rise slowly four days after the earthquake on Monday afternoon as very few bodies could be pulled out of the debris at

(NECN/ABC) - China's President Hu Jintao visited the disaster zone Friday, it's been four days since the 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit.

By John Ruwitch BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury its dead and help tens of thousands of injured and homeless on Friday when a powerful aftershock brought new havoc four days after an earthquake thought to have killed more than 50,000.
President Hu Jintao flew to the battered province of Sichuan and Premier Wen Jiabao said the quake damage could exceed the devastating 1976 tremor in the northeastern city of Tangshan that killed up to 300,000 people.
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By David Barboza BEIJING: Four days after a powerful earthquake devastated a mountainous region of southwestern China, the nation's massive rescue and

By Tom Peterkin The Chinese President today flew into Sichuan province to view the devastation wrought by this week's massive earthquake.

Chinese President Hu Jintao has flown to south-western Sichuan Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in Monday's earthquake.
So far almost 20,000 deaths have been confirmed in the region and thousands more people remain missing.
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