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DEATH TOLL IN SYRIA AND TURKEY SURGES PAST 46,000 PEOPLE
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ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey, Feb 18 (Reuters) - More than 46,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria and the toll is expected to soar, with some 345,000 apartments in Turkey now known to have been destroyed, and many still missing.