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Last update - 13:03 16/05/2008 Two Israelis missing after 7.8-magnitude quake shakes China By Haaretz Service Tags: earthquake, China  Two Israeli students have been declared missing in western China, after an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck the region, Army Radio reported on Monday. The two students, who study at the Reedman College, were in China as part of a visiting studies program. Of the dozen students participating in the program, they alone have not yet contacted their families. The earthquake has killed up to 7,500 people and left as many as 10,000 injured, state media said, as hundreds of children remained trapped in at least eight collapsed schools. Advertisement An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people were killed in Beichuan county of mountainous Sichuan province alone after the earthquake hit the region during the early afternoon on Monday, Xinhua news agency said, citing the local government. As many as 10,000 in Beichuan county were feared injured and 80 percent of the buildings there had been destroyed, the report said. Beichuan's population is 161,000, meaning about one in 10 residents were killed or injured in the quake. The county is a part of Mianyang city, and about 160 km (100 miles) from the provincial capital, Chengdu. The death toll was expected to rise sharply as authorities and rescue teams made contact with the worst-hit areas of Sichuan, where phone lines have been cut off since the quake struck. Related articles: Body of last missing Israeli in Thai plane crash identified Peruvian police arrest two suspected of murdering Israeli tourist Five Israelis among 11 killed in road accident in Bolivia Bookmark to del.icio.us   Animated massacre Animated Israeli film at Cannes explores Sabra and Shatila massacre. Kowtowing to funders When papers are sponsored, can their reporting be truly independent?   1.   Talk about parochial...... 15:31  |  Clickfool 12/05/08   2.   Clickfool is bored 16:26  |  Shai 12/05/08   3.   Hope my doggie friends in Oregon can help 16:48  |  Aphemia 12/05/08   4.   Heartfelt concern 17:17  |  Chrisona 12/05/08   5.   Chinese Government announces 3 to 5 thousand 17:36  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/05/08   6.   Clickfool why bother 17:45  |  Mark Hammond 12/05/08   7.   Chinese State Media are now reporting 18:20  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/05/08   8.   Clickfool 1 18:30  |  ChanahS 12/05/08   9.   Chris Linthwaite 5 18:33  |  ChanahS 12/05/08   10.   Re Chris #5, 7 18:52  |  Esther 12/05/08   11.   #9 Chanah S 18:57  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/05/08   12.   Is his name Ronen Medzini 19:23  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/05/08   13.   chris,if you want to read about chinese deaths,go to a chinese 20:04  |  terrornator 12/05/08   14.   #13 terrornator 20:32  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/05/08   15.   Re Chris #14 21:49  |  Esther 12/05/08   16.   Condolences to all Chinese families who lost loved ones 21:52  |  Genuine Tosefta 12/05/08   17.   Its an Israeli paper so that explains 22:08  |  Realist 12/05/08   18.   Chris` point is pointless, 22:43  |  Murray the Mongoose 12/05/08

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