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Quake kills one, injures 11 in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-31 17:28

Rescuers set up a temporary tent at Laoguan Village in Tongnan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on Jan 31, 2010. One person was killed, 11 others were injured and more than 100 houses collapsed in an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hitting southwest China's Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality early Sunday. [Xinhua]

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