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Earthquake kills three in Yunnan

LOCAL authorities yesterday confirmed two more people died in Thursday's 5.9-magnitude tremor in Yunnan Province, bringing the death toll to three, after a series of quakes hit the southwest China region this week. ... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Aug 22 2008

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