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Earthquake death toll to exceed 80,000
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Chinese Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu said on Tuesday the death toll of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake in the southwestern Sichuan Province is estimated to exceed 80,000.

The death toll of the earthquake stood at 69,181 as of Monday noon, with 374,171 people injured and 18,498 people reported missing, Hui said.

(Xinhua News Agency June 24, 2008)
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