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China says quake death toll rises to 55,239

23 May 2008 02:06:02 GMT

Source: Reuters

BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - The death toll in China's worst earthquake in decades has risen to 55,239, Sichuan's vice governor Li Chengyun told a news conference in Beijing on Friday.

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