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Published:June 1st, 2008 14:07 EST
China Quake relief workers suffer helicopter crash

China Quake relief workers suffer helicopter crash

By SOP newswire




People who lost children when the quake destroyed their schools, marked International Children`s Day Sunday with grief and suspicions that shoddy construction had led to thousands of deaths.

In the town of Juyuan, about 100 grieving parents met at their children`s collapsed middle school and called for a "blood debt" to be paid by officials responsible for the allegedly shoddy construction. About 900 students were buried in the school.


Chinese President Hu Jintao marked Children`s Day with a speech to a group of primary students at a tent school.

