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BALAKOT, Pakistan - The death toll soared to 79,000 on Wednesday from South Asia's mammoth earthquake, after a survey of one of the two hardest-hit Pakistani regions - making it one of the deadliest quakes in modern times.
More aftershocks rattled the region, sending up huge clouds of dust from steep-sided mountain valleys where villages lie in pieces. During a helicopter tour of the ruins, the president promised new, quake-ready houses for the homeless.See the full content of this document
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Quake Death Toll Tops 79,000
In remote mountains, a steady flow of injured villagers continued to seek me...
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