China: Army blasts quake-hit dam

The massive lake caused by the Chinese earthquake was still rising today despite military efforts to blast away the wall of debris that created it.

The massive lake caused by the Chinese earthquake was still rising today despite military efforts to blast away the wall of debris that created it.

Soldiers used anti-tank weapons on rocks and mud holding back waters that threaten more than a million people downstream.

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