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China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-31 07:48
Quake toll rises to 215
Authorities scrambled to help earthquake survivors in the frigid mountains of southwestern Pakistan yesterday as the death toll rose to 215.
The 6.4-magnitude quake hit an area of Pakistan's Baluchistan province near the Afghan border before dawn on Wednesday, demolishing an estimated 2,000 homes in a string of villages.
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