Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead.
Chinese President Hu Jintao flew to quake-hit southwestern Sichuan Province this morning to console the victims and inspect the rescue and relief work.
MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury the dead and help tens of thousands of injured, homeless and hungry on Friday, four days after a massive earthquake which is expected to have killed more than 50,000.
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