China quake toll nears 600 as volunteers told to stay away

LONGTOUSHAN, Aug 6 – The death toll from an earthquake that devastated a remote region of China jumped to nearly 600 people on Wednesday, authorities said, as volunteer rescuers were warned away. Rescue efforts in the southwestern province of Yunnan, where the 6.1-magnitude quake struck Sunday, were heavily hampered by traffic delays and landslides blocking […]

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