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Two Israeli students found alive after China quake By Yigal Hai The two missing Israeli students feared dead in Monday's Sichuan earthquake in northwest China were found alive and relatively well yesterday morning, in a small town 60 kilometers from the hard-hit city of Chengdu, the district capital. As the death toll reached 15,000 yesterday, Chinese rescue workers, battling bad weather and rubble-strewn roads, tried to reach an estimated 25,000 people trapped under debris after the strongest earthquake in more than half a century. Advertisement The rescue effort has made communication very difficult amid the mayhem after the quake. The two Israelis, Anat Bilu of Jerusalem and Ma'ayan Sabag of Tel Aviv, were found by a group of Israeli students who had formed a search party, with the assistance of a local Israeli businessman and the embassy in Beijing. The two, both in their twenties, had been slightly injured by loose rocks that struck them when the earth started to move. The students' families spoke to them yesterday, to their great relief. Roads cut off by debris Bilu and Sabag are students of Chinese medicine at the Reidman College. They were in China for a three-month internship at a Chengdu hospital, treating patients with traditional Chinese medicine techniques. "The roads to the small town where the girls were found were cut off after rocks collapsed and blocked all the access routes," Guy Kiwatz, the Israeli embassy's press officer, told Haaretz. Israelis climbed on foot "The Chinese rescue forces had had trouble getting there. The search party parked near the mountain where the town sits, and started climbing on foot," he said. "They found the girls and brought them down to the foot of the mountain, where an ambulance was already waiting to take them to the hospital at Chengdu. "Consul Alon Shoham and myself joined the ambulance and accompanied the women to the hospital, where they spoke with their parents. A big weight has been lifted," he said. 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?

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