China quake death toll remains unchanged
2008-07-03 08:38:35 GMT 2008-07-03 16:38:35 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's major earthquake still stood at Wednesday's figure of 69,195 as of Thursday noon, the State Council Information Office said in a statement.
The number of the injured were 374,176 and people reported missing were 18,389 after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.
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