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• Yunnan Gov. Li Jiheng said that as long as there was "a ray of hope" of finding anyone alive, all efforts would be made. • Xinhua said more than 21,000 tents, 31,000 quilts and 26,000 winter coats had been sent to Yunnan. The government said thousands of soldiers were helping the rescue effort in the area, which is largely inhabited by members of the Yi ethnic minority. • Mobile phone service was down and regular phone lines disrupted. Phones were cut off to clinics in four villages in Qiaoshan, another town in Yiliang, which has about half a million people. • Xinhua said that so far no deaths had been reported in neighboring Guizhou, but that homes had been damaged or destroyed there. • Friday's quakes were relatively shallow, about 10 kilometers (six miles) deep, creating an intense shaking despite their moderate magnitude. • By comparison, the magnitude-7.6 quake in Costa Rica this past week was 40 kilometers (25 miles) below the surface, which, combined with strict building codes, kept damage and deaths to a minimum. • •
As Obama, Romney look for an edge, jobless intrude JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press
• ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney, their contest defined anew by joblessness, are seeking to frame the (Continued on page 39)
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