Nepal Quake Toll at 721
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KATMANDU, Nepal — The major earthquake that hit Nepal on Aug. 21 killed 721 people and left 460,000 homeless, Prime Minister Marich Man Singh Shrestha said Friday. The earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, also injured 12,244 and caused about $200 million in damage, he said.
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