Creaking dam adds to earthquake survivors' fears

Thousands of troops are tonight fighting to plug dangerous cracks in a dam above an earthquake-hit Chinese town.

Thousands of troops are tonight fighting to plug dangerous cracks in a dam above an earthquake-hit Chinese town.

Zipingpu Reservoir is upstream from Dujiangyan which was near the epicentre of the 7.9-magnitude quake.

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