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New Zealand declares national state of emergency

NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key declared a national state of emergency today in the wake of a magnitude-6.3 earthquake that jolted the South Island city of Christchurch yesterday.

The prime minister said at a press conference that 75 people were confirmed dead in the disaster, and some 300 others were reported missing.



 

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