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The Independent |
Four pulled alive from rubble as military declares ceasefire - Survivors rescued more than 100 hours after devastating quake kills at least 3,000
Reuters |
Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at leas...
CNN |
More than 2,700 people were killed in the 7.7-magnitude quake, with thousands more injured, according to Myanmar’s military junta.

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Myanmar earthquake: Four pulled alive from rubble as military declares ceasefire
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