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Asia-Pacific News
China estimates more than 50,000 dead in quake (Urgent)
By DPA
May 15, 2008, 11:36 GMT

Beijing - China on Thursday said more than 50,000 people were estimated to have died in the devastating earthquake that hit the south-western province of Sichuan on Monday.

The disaster relief office announced the estimate via state media on Thursday evening, following an earlier report of more than 19,500 confirmed deaths in Sichuan.



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