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Deaths from Myanmar temblor nearing 2000

Telecom outages, challenges to movement in country hampering rescue ops

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Rescue workers clear the rubble at the site of a building collapse in Bangkok. Pics /AFP

Rescue workers clear the rubble at the site of a building collapse in Bangkok. Pics /AFP

The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to close to 2000 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government said Monday.

Government spokesman Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun told state-run MRTV that another 3400 have been injured and more than 300 were missing. The military had previously reported 1644 dead but did not provide specific figures in its update. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit at midday Friday, causing widespread damage, including in the capital Naypitaw and the second largest city, Mandalay.

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