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- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has killed at least three people in eastern Turkey, and trapped many more under collapsed buildings. About 20 buildings have collapsed, including a six-storey hotel in the city of Van, where dozens of aid workers and journalists were staying. The quake late on Wednesday and was centred 16km (10 miles) south of Van. The same region was struck last month by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake which killed more than 600 people. That earthquake struck a little north of Van but the city became the headquarters of the relief effort and has been flooded by aid workers and journalists, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Istanbul. The city was only lightly damaged, but some of the weakened buildings are now thought to have been brought down.
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