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China to extend highway toll exemptions to help disaster relief

The Chinese government has extended the highway toll exemptions for trucks carrying food to help snow disaster relief work and reconstruction in areas affected by the severe winter weather of the last month, the Ministry of Communications h ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Feb 14 2008

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