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A package worth up to £10m ($12.9m) of "life saving aid" has been pledged for Myanmar by the UK government.
From BBC
Across Myanmar, more than 1,600 people were confirmed dead and more than 3,000 were injured in an earthquake that struck on Friday. It was the worst quake there in over a century.
From The New York Times
The epicenter was recorded in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region, near the former royal capital Mandalay, home to around 1.5 million people, as well as multiple historic temple complexes and palaces.
From CNN

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