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A car rushes on National Highway 314 at the north edge of the Tarim Basin in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 26, 2009. Sandstorm hit the north part of the Tarim Basin on Thursday. [Shen Qiao/Xinhua]
(Xinhua News Agency March 27, 2009)
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
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![A car rushes on National Highway 314 at the north edge of the Tarim Basin in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 26, 2009. Sandstorm hit the north part of the Tarim Basin on Thursday. [Shen Qiao/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090327/000cf1a48b7f0b367d2425.jpg "A car rushes on National Highway 314 at the north edge of the Tarim Basin in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 26, 2009. Sandstorm hit the north part of the Tarim Basin on Thursday. [Shen Qiao/Xinhua]")
