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Report: Turkish prison escape in quake-hit prison (AP)

October 23rd, 2011 | Author: admin

People rescue a woman trapped under debris after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, collapsing about 45 buildings in Van province, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 according to the deputy Turkish prime minister. Only one death was immediately confirmed, but scientists estimated that up to 1,000 people could have been killed. The worst damage was caused to the town of Ercis, in the mountainous eastern province of Van, close to the Iranian border. ( AP Photo/ Ali Ihsan Ozturk, Aatolia) TURKEY OUTAP – Turkey’s state-run television says a group of inmates have escaped from a prison in Turkey’s quake-hit region.


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Hundreds of bodies wash ashore in quake-hit Japan (AP)

March 14th, 2011 | Author: admin

The rubble caused by an earthquake and tsunami fill the landscape in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after northeastern coastal towns were devastated by an earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP – There are just too many bodies.


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Tide of bodies overwhelms quake-hit Japan (AP)

March 14th, 2011 | Author: admin

Debris covers part of a fishing port on Izushima island in Onagawacho, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Atsushi Taketazu) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORYAP – A tide of bodies washed up along Japan’s coastline Monday, overwhelming crematoriums, exhausting supplies of body bags and adding to the spiraling humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis after the massive earthquake and tsunami.


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Tide of 1,000 bodies overwhelms quake-hit Japan (AP)

March 14th, 2011 | Author: admin

Debris covers part of a fishing port on Izushima island in Onagawacho, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011, three days after a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami hit the country's east coast. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Atsushi Taketazu) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORYAP – A tide of bodies washed up along Japan’s coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality of its mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis Monday after a calamitous tsunami.


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Clinton ferrying satellite gear to quake-hit Chile (AP)

March 1st, 2010 | Author: admin

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wave as she arrives to the Legislative Palace to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Uruguay's President Jose Mujica in Montevideo, Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Cuenca)AP – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she will bring 20 satellite phones and a technician with her when she visits earthquake-damaged Chile.


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