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Five rescued after Shanghai residential building collapse

Updated: 2014-05-04 08:47

(Xinhua)

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SHANGHAI - Five people have been pulled out of debris after an old residential building collapsed in Shanghai on Sunday morning, according to rescuers.

The precise casualties remain unclear.

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