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Article: China opens registrations to adopt quake orphans
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- August 25, 2008
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Chinese authorities began processing registrations Monday to adopt children orphaned after a massive earthquake struck central China this year, state media reported.
Eighty-eight orphans have been deemed eligible for adoption from Sichuan province, the China News Service said. The children are among the survivors of China's worst natural disaster in a generation _ the May 12 earthquake that killed 70,000 people and left 5 million homeless.
There were 532 children left unaccompanied after the quake, according to an official count, the report said.
The eligible orphans are 14 years old and younger, with some suffering from physical or other disabilities, the report said. ...