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VIDEO: Day of mourning for quake children
01 Jun 2008 15:37:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
Jun. 1 - Grieving parents in earthquake-hit Sichuan turn Children's Day into a day of mourning.

They held a mourning ceremony for the hundreds of children who died in a collapsed school during China's devastating earthquake. Normally a day of celebration involving singing and dancing, for these families their was only despair.




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Fathers sit in front of photos of their children during a quiet protest outside the government office in Mianzhu in Sichuan province June 1, 2008. Parents of students from Fuxing Primary ...



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