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S. Asia quake death toll is 79,000
From:
Daily Breeze
| Date:
October 20, 2005| Author:
Matthew Pennington THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BALAKOT, Pakistan -- The death toll soared to 79,000 Wednesday
from South Asia's mammoth earthquake, following a survey of one of
the two hardest-hit Pakistani regions -- making it one of the
deadliest quakes in modern times.
More aftershocks rattled the region, sending up huge clouds of
dust from steep-sided mountain valleys where villages lie in pieces.
During a helicopter tour of the ruins, the president promised new,
quake-ready houses for the homeless.
In remote mountains, a...
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