7.7 magnitude quake hits South Pacific Islands
The risk of tsunami waves across the South Pacific has passed and national warnings downgraded following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday southeast of the Loyalty Islands in the French…
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Update of the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quake
Rescuers have pulled more survivors from the debris of the Feb. 6 earthquake that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria even as the window for finding people alive shrank. The…
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Erdogan: Quake deaths worst in Turkey history
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who faces an election scheduled for June that is expected to be the toughest of his two decades in power, acknowledged problems in the initial response…
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Newborn saved from quake-hit Syria is healthy
A Syrian baby girl whose mother died after giving birth to her under the rubble of their home during this week’s earthquake now has a name: Aya, Arabic for “a…
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Quake survivors seek hot meals; rescues wane
Rescuers in Turkey pulled a handful of people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday and were digging to reach a grandmother, mother and daughter from a single family, a week…
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Turkey arrests building contractors after quakes
Turkey vowed on Sunday to investigate thoroughly anyone suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in the country’s devastating earthquakes nearly one week ago and has already ordered the…
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Survivors still found, Quake death toll tops 28K
Exhausted rescuers pulled dwindling numbers of survivors from earthquake rubble in Turkey and Syria on Saturday five days after one of the region’s worst natural disasters whose death toll neared…
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Syria and Turkey Quake death toll tops 25,000
The confirmed death toll from the deadliest quake in two decades stood at more than 25,000 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria four days after it hit. Hundreds of thousands…
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Quake mounts Erdogan’s woes before elections
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday the government would take action against those involved in looting and other crimes in the region hit by this week’s devastating earthquakes as…
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Syrian Assad eases isolation because of Quake
Turkey is discussing re-opening a border crossing into Syrian government territory, a Turkish official said on Friday, enabling earthquake aid to be sent directly to areas under President Bashar al-Assad’s…
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Focus turns to quake aid but rescues continue
Emergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people from the rubble four days after a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 20,000. Temperatures…
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