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Hundreds of people have been injured and authorities said the true death, number of injured and damage toll may not be known for some time.
From USA TODAY
The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist monks crushed by a colla...
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