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18 dead in collapse of building under construction in Bolivia
Jan 30, 2011, 3:27 GMT
La Paz - The discovery on Saturday of the bodies of the last seven workers missing after a building collapsed in Bolivia brought the death toll to 18.
Nine construction workers were also injured in Monday's collapse of a block of flats in the city of Santa Cruz.
A team of 85 rescue workers, some from Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru, had worked around the clock after the collapse in hopes of finding the missing men alive.
The accident happened as workers were trying to repair cracks in the walls of the uncompleted structure.
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