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Powerful earthquake kills 70 in Indonesia

(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-03-07 08:41

Indonesians stand watching as rescue workers try to clear an area badly damaged in Payakumbuh, West Sumatra. A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people, flattening buildings and sparking panic in the streets of Malaysia and Singapore. [AFP]