2008-05-19 18:20:03

A Day of Mourning in China


(19 May 08 - RV) China stood still on Monday, mourning for tens of thousands of earthquake victims, while the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation. Construction workers, shopkeepers and bureaucrats across the nation paused for three minutes of tribute at 2:28 p.m. _ exactly one week after the magnitude 7.9 quake hit central China. The chief of the AsiaNews service, Pontifical Missionary Fr. Bernardo Cervellera, spoke with us about the significance of the gestureā€¦ RealAudioMP3








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