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Article: Handicapped victims, bereaved families from Urumqi riot to be helped by government
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 22, 2009
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Handicapped victims, bereaved families from Urumqi riot to be
helped by government
URUMQI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Authorities of northwestern Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region announced Wednesday that they would provide
medical aid and relief for bereaved families and people who became
handicapped as a result of the July 5 riot that left 197 dead in the
regional capital.
Officials with the regional civil affairs department and the
Xinjiang branch of China Charity Federation said Wednesday that
incapacitated victims of the riot who are low-income earners or
receive subsistence allowances, should be granted lump-sum medical
aid at the annual ceiling of ...