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China Accepts Japan's Offer of Emergency Quake Team

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- China has accepted Japan's offer to send an emergency response team to the quake-stricken southwest area, the Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here on Thursday.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday afternoon. The death toll has risen to 14,866, latest government figures show.

Source: Xinhua
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