China quake death toll remains unchanged by mid Friday, number of missing drops
2008-07-11 08:09:04 GMT 2008-07-11 16:09:04 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's major earthquake stood at 69,197 for the forth day in a row as of Friday noon, the State Council Information Office said in a statement.
The number of the injured also stood at 374,176, showing no change since July 2, while the number of missing dropped by 36 to 18,341 after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.
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