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    178 students confirmed dead in one school in Sichuan

    QINGCHUAN (Xinhua): In one single school in earthquake-hit Sichuan Province 178 students were confirmed dead on Wednesday morning.

    A three-storied residential building at the Muyu Middle School in Qingchuan County collapsed in the quake, burying 285 students who were taking noon nap. Another 139 students escaped.

    As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, 178 were confirmed dead, 84 buried students were rescued and 23 others remained missing, according to Chen Zhengyong, head of the county government.

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