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Over 18,000 dead in Asian Earthquake
That number has risen sharply since yesterday and will probably continue to rise as the days pass.
It seems as though there has been one tragedy after another in the world lately. Let's hope the survivors of this one make it through this ok.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051009/...pakistan_quake
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A powerful earthquake flattened entire villages of mud-brick homes, triggered landslides and toppled a 10-story apartment building on Saturday, killing more than 18,000 people as it devastated a mountainous swath touching Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
The casualty toll from the 7.6-magnitude tremor rose sharply Sunday as rescuers struggled to dig people from the wreckage, their work made more difficult as rain and hail turned dirt and debris into sticky muck. Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, Pakistan's chief army spokesman said early Sunday that more than 18,000 had been killed — 17,000 of them in Pakistani
"The death toll is gradually rising," Sultan told The Associated Press. He said authorities had counted the bodies.
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