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Rebel officials in Myanmar put out a call to pause offensive military operations as the country starts works to start recovery efforts after a massive earthquake struck the southeast Asian country la...
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Myanmar's military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue personnel on Saturday after an earthquake killed more than 1,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn c...
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Four more people have been pulled from rubble nearly 60 hours after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, killing at least 1,700 people in the south-east Asian country.
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