Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 17 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts

Soldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors The death toll from the major earthquake that hit Japan on Tuesday rose to at least 23 as the search for trapped survivors inside a badly damaged shopping mall and c...

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