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Venezuela quake toll rises to 4,490 as government defends withholding missing figure
The death toll from twin earthquakes in northern Venezuela on June 24 rose to 4,490, with 16,740 injured and 6,462 rescued alive. The government is defending its decision to withhold the number of missing people.
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