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Drinking water supply frozen, affecting 100,000 in C China

More than 100,000 people are enduring a drinking water shortage in central China's Hubei Province since Thursday when the plunging temperature froze supply. The low temperature, along with continuous heavy snowfall, burst water pipe ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sun, Jan 20 2008

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