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909,000 hit by drought

A DROUGHT since September had affected 909,000 people in east China's Jiangxi Province, a spokesman for the provincial flood control and drought relief office said yesterday. The drought had cut off normal water... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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