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Mig-26 helicopter swings excavator to barrier lake
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Excavators start to work in Tangjiashan barrier lake, Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 26, 2008. Nine machines have been transported here to rescue the swelling Tangjiashan lake, formed by landslides that blocked a river known as the Jianhe after the May 12 earthquake.

(Xinhua News Agency May 27, 2008)

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