BEICHUAN, China (AP) - Piles of broken concrete rise seven stories high, and a few buildings stand askew, knocked at odd angles. People cry out the names of missing relatives and rescue workers shout, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"
On Friday, amid the little that is left of the town of Beichuan, the answers came in faint taps on concrete or muffled cries.
on itself. Many of those left in Beichuan or those who came back to search for lost family have steeled themselves for the deaths of their loved ones.

MIANYANG, China (AFP) - Cries for help echoed from under the rubble of shattered communities Friday as China warned time was running out to save survivors of an earthquake that has claimed an estimated 50,000 lives.
The first foreign rescue teams were allowed into the disaster zone to join the frantic -- and increasingly grim -- search for life among the huge mounds of concrete and metal that were once homes, schools and factories.
the disaster, officials in Sichuan said.

YINGXIU, China (AP) — A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday,

By Michael Bristow The force of the earthquake that hit China's Sichuan Province can be seen in what remains of the town of Beichuan.