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Quake Death Toll in Myanmar Tops 1,600

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The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone still alive, two days...
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China said it has sent more than 135 rescue personnel and experts along with supplies like medical kits, generators, earthquake detectors and drones while pledging around $13.8 million in emergency a...
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According to predictive modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey, the death toll could reach at least 10,000 people.
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Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600 and leaves countless buried
The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone still alive after
Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600
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