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MANILA: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed at least five people in the northern Philippines on Wedn­esday, toppling buildings and shaking high-rise towers more than 300 kilometres away in the capital Manila. The shallow and powerful quake struck the mountainous and lightly populated province of Abra on the main island of Luzon at 8:43am (0043 GMT), the US Geological Survey said. Shallow …

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