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The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it st...
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It is the biggest earthquake to hit the Myanmar mainland for three-quarters of a century.
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The 7.7-magnitude quake killed hundreds at the epicentre near Mandalay, Myanmar.
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