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The death toll in the powerful earthquake that rocked Taiwan Sunday has risen to five with more than 200 people injured, mostly in the capital, Taipei. A number of people are still missing. More than 100 aftershocks have been registered since the tremor and seismologists warned Monday of more aftershocks in the next two weeks. Sunday's quake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale lasted about one minute and centered 180 kilometers east of Taipei. At least three buildings collapsed and two cranes fell from the 60th floor of a financial center under construction. Four of the dead were construction workers. At least six people were reportedly trapped in a ...

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