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28 injured as quake shakes up Yunnan

AN earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook southwest China's Yunnan Province early yesterday, slightly injuring 28 people and knocking down more than 1,000 homes, authorities said. The quake struck... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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