Reuters:
HONG KONG, Dec 3- The death toll in a fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong last week has risen to 159, police said on Wednesday.
A total of 140 of them had been identified – 91 of them women and 49 men, according to the police statement. The youngest was just one and the oldest 97, it added.
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