An old man looks at the debris of a house following an earthquake December 1, 2003 in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The quake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale, killed 11 people and injured 17 others in Zhaosu County near the China-Kazakhstan border. About 800 homes were leveled and another 200 were on the verge of collapse. [newsphoto.com.cn]

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