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Quake toll rises in China

Police tried to stop anguished relatives from streaming into one of the worst affected areas of China's massive earthquake on Sunday, as another strong aftershock hit the area and the death toll rose to nearly 32,500.  Full story

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U.N. envoy presses Myanmar on aid

Relief agency warns children could starve.  Full story

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Image: People's Liberation Army soldiers lift a roof that collapsed during Monday's earthquake to find body of a woman in Hanwang
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Image: Parents clean the hands of their child who died in the earthquake
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