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In this file photo taken on May 21, 2008, a man hangs a photo of his son at a makeshift shrine for the student victims of the May 12 earthquake at a primary school in Mianzhu, China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 21, 2008.
Friday, May. 08, 2009

Open quote We have wide agreement on these numbers. Close quote

  • TU WENTAO,
  • head of Sichuan Province's education department, on the Chinese government's announcement that 5,335 children died in the May, 2008, Sichuan earthquake
Photo: Vincent Yu / AP | Source: The New York Times