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The number of confirmed deaths from Myanmar's devastating earthquake approached 1,700 Sunday and was expected to keep rising as rescue teams and aid agencies struggled to provide relief amid widesprea...
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For most of the day, the mood was somber among relatives of dozens of workers missing at the site where a multi-story building collapsed in Bangkok.
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Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more th...

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Myanmar earthquake death toll rises: 'No rescue workers in sight'
The magnitude 7.7 quake Friday rocked an impoverished Southeast Asian nation already beleaguered by years of civil war.
Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as death toll passes 2,000
The 7.7 magnitude quake hit Friday, with the epicenter near Myanmar’s second-largest city of Mandalay. It damaged the city’s airport, buckled roads and collapsed hundreds of buildings along a wide swath down the country’s center.
Rescue efforts continue as Myanmar’s earthquake death toll continues to rise
The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as more bodies were found by search and rescue teams, the military-led government said.
Sniffer dogs double up as emotional support for families of missing workers in Thailand
For most of the day, the mood was somber among relatives of dozens of workers missing at the site where a multi-story building collapsed in Bangkok. A volunteer group with sniffer dogs took time away from its grim task of searching the rubble to bring the animals on a visit top help lift their spirit.
Junta chief to leave quake-striken Myanmar for summit, aid groups clamour for access
Myanmar's ostracised leader Min Aung Hlaing will leave his disaster-stricken country for a rare trip to a regional summit, as aid groups called for restrictions to be eased to reach quake survivors.
Burma earthquake death toll rises to 3,085, humanitarian crisis deepens
More than 3,000 people have died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which has sent the country into a deeper humanitarian crisis.
Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700
Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many
The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake
As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyer sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown of Sagaing, the epicenter of the most powerful earthquake to hit Myanmar in a century.
They Fought to Save Lives in Myanmar. The Earthquake Claimed Theirs.
Five friends defied the junta to care for people injured in the military coup. One returned from the battlefield to find his four friends among the dead in the March 28 earthquake.
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News Wrap: Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 as civil war hampers relief efforts
In our news wrap Wednesday, the death toll from the earthquake in Myanmar surpassed 3,000 as relief efforts are hampered by the country's civil war, Israel says it will establish a new security corridor across Gaza,
Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 with hundreds still missing
The death toll from last week's 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar rose to 3,085 people as of Thursday morning, according to the country's military government.
Minnesota sisters from Myanmar raise money for earthquake relief in homeland
The death toll of the Southeast Asia earthquake has climbed to more than 3,100 people. In Myanmar, rescue teams are searching the rubble for any signs of the more than 200 people still missing. As recovery efforts continue,
King and Queen give ‘generous’ donation to UK’s Myanmar earthquake appeal
The King and Queen are among those who have donated to the UK’s Disaster Emergency Committee’s (DEC) appeal to help people affected by the earthquake in Myanmar.
Woman pulled alive out of Myanmar earthquake rubble after 91 hours: Officials
A 63-year-old woman was pulled alive from under the rubble Tuesday about 91 hours after Myanmar was struck by a devastating, 7.7 magnitude earthquake, the Myanmar Fire Services Department said on social media.
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