As a beginning, our rescue and martial dispense operation is mainly around Mianyang area, including the most damaged city Beichuan.

前期，我们的救援和物资派发工作主要在绵阳地区展开，包括重灾区北川。

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Soldiers have launched a massive rescue operation. The army has a heavy presence in the area, which shares a border with China.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

The governor's office has sent generators to the area so rescue operation can continue overnight, the BBC's Mohsen Asgari in Tehran reports.

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The RAF had been in the area since Friday night mounting its largest search-and-rescue operation for 40 years.

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