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Turkey quake damage estimated to 'exceed $100 bn': UN

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Damage from the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last month has been estimated at over $100 billion for Turkey alone, the United Nations says. "Already it is clear that just the damages alone will amount to more than $100 billion," Louisa Vinton of the UN Development Programme tells reporters via video link from Gaziantep in Turkey during a UN press conference in Geneva. SOUNDBITE

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