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Elite Airborne Troopers Back Safely(1)
Fifteen Chinese airborne troopers, who have returned safely after completing their mission to collect earthquake information near the epicenter in the quake-hit regions, pose for a photo at an airport in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. The fifteen paratroopers carried out a parachute landing from an altitude of 4,999 meters to quake-hit Maoxian County of Sichuan Province on Wednesday afternoon, April 14, 2008, two days after the May 12 earthquake. [Photo: Xinhua]
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