Search teams have pulled more bodies from the ruins of buildings a week after a massive earthquake rocked Myanmar killing more than 3,300 people. The focus now turns toward the urgent humanitarian needs in a country that was already devastated by civil war. U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher arrives Friday in an effort to spur international action. The quake worsened an already dire crisis with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in need even before it hit.
By DAVID RISING and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press
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A powerful earthquake has rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, destroying buildings and bridges and killing at least 150 people, mostly in Myanmar. Officials in Bangkok say 10 people were killed and 101 were missing from three construction sites, including a high-rise that crumbled. Footage from two hard-hit cities in Myanmar, one of the world's poorest countries, showed many collapsed buildings, and authorities said the death toll was likely to rise. The 7.7 magnitude quake was centered near Myanmar's second-largest city of Mandalay. It struck Friday at midday and was followed by a strong aftershock. Amid images of buckled roads and reports of collapsed bridges in Myanmar, there were concerns about how rescuers would even reach some affected areas.