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The earthquake leaves over 1,700 dead. "All temples and pagodas have collapsed," says a Mandalay resident, the country's ...

Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church's most celebrated ...

The US Geological Survey estimated that the death toll could top 1,000. The full extent of death, injury and destruction is ...