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Death Toll Rises to 2,046 in NW China Quake

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The death toll has climbed to 2,046 from a devastating earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, with 193 people still missing, the rescue headquarters said Tuesday.

Members of China International Search and Rescue Team work in the quake-hit Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 19, 2010.

Members of China International Search and Rescue Team work in the quake-hit Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 19, 2010. [Xinhua]

As of 10:00AM Tuesday, the 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu last Wednesday, has also left 12,135 injured, of which 1,434 are in serious condition, the rescue headquarters said.

(Xinhua News Agency April 20, 2010)