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Chinese parents protest over quake-hit schools

                   
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May 25, 2008
        
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MIANZHU, China - About two dozen parents of children killed in China's earthquake staged a rare protest Sunday demanding justice over shoddy school construction they blamed for the deaths of their children. The parents, many of them clutching framed photos of their dead offspring, held the... [read full story]                    

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China authorities to probe school collapse after quake: report

 terradaily.com May 27, 2008
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Protests over China's 'shoddy' schools

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China authorities to probe school collapse after quake: report

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May 27, 2008
        

Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2008 - Authorities in China have promised to investigate the collapse of a school in a quake-hit area that left more than 1,300 children and teachers dead or missing, state media reported Monday. ... Many towns in the earthquake zone have seen their...

                   

At China quake schools, life and death in stark contrast (AFP)

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May 27, 2008
        

by Lynne O'Donnell 14 minutes ago WUFU, China (AFP) - Officials on Monday came to the Fuxin Number Two primary school and pledged to investigate why the building collapsed in this month's earthquake that rocked southwest China. Many believe their children's deaths were the result of sub-standard...

                   

The biggest shame of modern day China - collapse of school buildings killed thousands of children...

indiadaily.com
May 27, 2008
        

The local communist party leaders, the commune heads, the security forces were all bribed to allow lax and inept widespread building practices in smaller cities and towns in rural China. It backfired earlier this month when thousands of innocent children died as their school building collapsed....

                   

School collapse probe after quake

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May 26, 2008
        

From correspondents in Beijing Article from: Agence France-Presse AUTHORITIES in China have promised to investigate the collapse of a school in a quake-hit area that left more than 1300 children and teachers dead or missing. The news comes after the government has vowed to punish anyone...

                   

China vows to probe school collapse after quake

abc.net.au
May 26, 2008
        

Authorities in China have promised to investigate the collapse of a school in a quake-hit area that left more than 1,300 children and teachers dead or missing, state media reported. The news comes after the Government has vowed to punish anyone responsible for substandard construction standards...

                   

Beichuan school tragedy comes under quake investigation spotlight

people.com.cn
May 26, 2008
        

Local officials have promised a special investigation into the collapse of the Beichuan Middle School, where up to 1,300 children and teachers may have died in China's May 12 earthquake. The southwest China quake left at least 14,5 ... ... Local officials have promised a...

                   

Protests over China's 'shoddy' schools

news.com.au
May 25, 2008
        

Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Mianzhu, China ABOUT two dozen parents of children killed in China's earthquake staged a rare protest today demanding justice over shoddy school construction they blamed for the deaths of their children. The parents, many of them clutching...