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CHENGDU， China-A powerful earthquake struck Western China on 12th May2008toppling thousands of homes， factories and offices， trapping students in schools， thecountry's worst natural disaster in three decades.MIANZHU.CHINA-As rescue workersplowed deeper into the wreckage left from Monday's earthquake， uncovering more victimstrapped in the mbst remote mountain villages near the epicenter in Sichuan Province.