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Rain pours new misery on quake-plagued areas in SW China's Sichuan

Water supplies have finally returned to thousands of families in the disaster-hit province of Sichuan, after lines were cut for more than 24 hours in areas of Chengdu upon heavy-rain-caused mudslides along the upper reaches of Minjiang River, a tributary... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Mon, Jul 20 2009

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