Death toll in China earthquake climbs to nearly 12,000
Rescuers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China's worst earthquake in three decades to reach victims trapped beneath bricks and slabs of concrete. The death toll from the disaster rose Tuesday to nearly 12,000 with thousands more missing.
The quake was China's deadliest since 1976, when 240,000 people were killed in the city of Tangshan, near Beijing in 1976. Financial analysts said the quake would have only a limited impact on the country's booming economy. (AP)
