Earthquakes kill dozens in southwest China

An injured villager is carried on a stretcher by rescuers following an earthquake in Luozehe town, Yiliang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. (Zhou Hongpeng / Associated Press)

Sept. 7, 2012 8:35 AM PT

At least 50 people were killed after a pair of earthquakes jolted a mountainous region of southwestern China on Friday, damaging thousands of buildings and forcing scores of residents from their homes, the official New China News Agency said. Read more