Bolivia Earthquake kills 18 lives, 100 missing
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LA PAZ, May 22 (Reuters) - An earthquake
that hit Bolivia before dawn on Friday killed at least 18 people in two
colonial towns in the center of the country, Interior Minister Guido Nayar
said.
Nayar said 100 people were also missing after the quake hit the towns of Aiquile and nearby Totora, 250 miles (400 km) east of La Paz. The quake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale, making it the biggest shallow earthquake this century, experts said.
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