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| | Ceremony held for Niigata quake victims / 2nd anniversary marked with pledges to expedite recovery of Chuetsu area : ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06) |
 | | A memorial ceremony was held Monday in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, for the 67 people who died in the Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake two years ago, with about 1,000 attendants vowing to improve reconstruction efforts and overcome their grief. |
 | | The event was organized by seven quake-hit municipalities in the prefecture and held at a Nagaoka municipal theater. |
 | | Representing the victims' families, Shuji Azegami, 77, of Yamakoshimura, which is now part of Nagaoka, said: "The past two years have been sad and painful, and I sometimes felt powerless, troubled by different feelings. |
| www.yomiuri.co.jp /dy/national/20061024TDY03004.htm (296 words) |
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