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Search and rescue teams from 9 nations attend training course in Beijing co-hosted by Singapore and China

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BEIJING - Surrounded by clouds of dust and dirt, the group drilled through concrete, climbed through narrow spaces, and dug through rubble to extract the 'casualties'.
Some 30 search and rescue personnel, hailing from nine nations, trained together for the first time during the inaugural Senior Training Course for Urban Search and Rescue, in Beijing, China, last month (May).
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