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China's bereaved families adopt earthquake orphans
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DUJIANGYAN, China - Authorities cordoned off some schools that collapsed in last month's mighty earthquake, keeping out grieving parents and reporters Wednesday in a sign that Beijing was growing more nervous over accusations of shoddy construction. (article 3)
Parents whose children were crushed in their classrooms during the May 12 quake vowed to keep pushing the government for compensation, as well as for an explanation of why so many schools fell when other buildings remained standing. (article 3)
The students' deaths have become a political challenge for the government, which is trying to provide for the 5 million people left homeless amid growing accusations of corruption in school construction. (article 3)
Most of the dozens of schools that collapsed in the quake, killing an estimated 9,000 children, were built more than a decade ago, with multiple layers of government and private companies involved in their construction. (article 7)
Parents immediately demanded to know why so many school buildings collapsed, and the government initially responded to that call with officials promising within days of the quake to conduct a thorough investigation. (article 4)
DUJIANGYAN, China - Police officers here on Tuesday surrounded more than 100 parents protesting shoddy school construction and mourning the deaths of thousands of children during the recent earthquake. (article 5)
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Source articles
- China blocks access to collapsed schools - (baltimoresun.com, 06/05/2008, 774 words)
- ABC News: Police Break up Quake School Protest (ABCNews, 06/04/2008, 328 words)
- Collapsed schools in China cordoned off from parents (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/05/2008, 326 words)
- Grieving quake parents want facts (BBC News, 06/05/2008, 298 words)
- Chinese Stifle Grieving Parents’ Protest of Shoddy School Construction (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 668 words)
- China's bereaved families adopt earthquake orphans (timesonline.co.uk, 06/05/2008, 465 words)
- Tangled Blame in Quake Deaths (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 503 words)
- Schools Fell While Other Buildings Held (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 395 words)
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