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Papua New Guinea quake leaves 67 dead as aftershocks rock homes

Red Cross reports at least 67 people dead from an earthquake in Papua New Guinea. [Photo: Courtesy]

At least 67 people were killed by a major earthquake that devastated Papua New Guinea's remote highlands last week, the Red Cross said Monday, with thousands homeless and without food and clean water.

The recovery effort has been slow as aid workers grapple with blocked roads and power outages to reach cut-off villages after the 7.5-magnitude quake struck on February 26 in the Pacific nation's mountainous interior.

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