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Press Trust of India on MSNMyanmar earthquake: Indian team counters initial reluctance as it sifts through rubble in MandalayDon’t touch the body, we will handle it,” a family member told an Indian team that tried to retrieve the body of a woman from the rubble, days after a 7
People bathed and cooked next to a river in Myanmar's second largest city, finding shelter in flimsy tents on Tuesday as the city grappled with the aftermath of a deadly earthquake.
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Agence France-Presse on MSNLike 'living in hell': Quake-hit Mandalay monastery clears away rubbleBare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago.
Myanmar's ruling military junta declared a three-week-long unilateral cease-fire to aid the humanitarian and rebuilding effort five days after a devastating earthquake that killed at least 3,085 people and left the country's second-largest city in ruins.
Rescue workers at the U Hla Thein monastery said 270 monks were taking a religious exam when the quake hit, decimating the monastery. 70 were able to escape, but 50 have already been found dead and 150 are still unaccounted for.
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, causing widespread damage. These photos show the devastating impact.
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A catastrophic 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, triggering a massive 500-km surface rupture and leaving over 3,000 dead.