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Lombok quake leaves 156,000 homeless as death toll hits 131

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The death toll from a shallow 6.9-magnitude earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 130, officials say, with some 156,000 forced from their homes.

Added on the 08/08/2018 09:34:19 - Copyright : AFP EN

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