Asia Cast for Thursday 28th August
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In this Bulletin…
-After the Olympics closing ceremony, situation of victims in Sichuan remains unchanged;
-100 passengers aboard a hijacked plane, freed; and
-Severe flooding has left more than 2 million people homeless.
-But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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After the grand lavish Olympic Games the earthquake victims in Sichuan still live in temporary tents day after day without seeing any prospects ahead.
According to a report by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on the 27th August, a woman named LI Gui-lan of Dujiangyan City lost her husband to the quake,and now resides with her unemployed son and daughter-in-law in a tent making a living by selling red beans with a daily income of only 2 yuan.
Another victim in the quake disaster area said: we heard there arrived some relief materials, including aids from overseas. But we have received nothing and we have all been told to rely on ourselves for survival.
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