CEBU, Philippines — The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Bohol, Cebu and other parts of the Visayas and Mindanao reached 110 Wednesday with only three people pulled alive from rubble. The three were rescued in nearby Cebu province hours after Tuesday's quake shattered office buildings and homes and caused many centuries-old churches to crumble. In Bohol, the quake's epicenter, rescuers counted 100 dead, said regional military commander Lt. Gen. Roy Deveraturda. Cebu reported nine fatalities, and one died on another island. There seems little hope of finding any large number of survivors from beneath the rubble of leveled buildings, homes and churche...
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