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News agency says earthquake toll rises to 32,477



18 May 2008 @ 04:33 am EST

BEIJING, China (AP) - Official Xinhua News Agency says the confirmed death toll from the massive earthquake in Sichuan province has risen to more than 32,000.


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This Friday May 16, 2008, photo, distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, shows a dead student's hand holding a pen tightly in the debris site of Dongqi Middle School in Hanwang Town of quake-hit Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Zhongjun)
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Xinhua said Sunday the toll has climbed to 32,477, up from 28,881. The government says it expects the final death toll from Monday's massive earthquake to pass 50,000.

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