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The earthquake that shook the world in Pakistan.

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:22:04
Category: / Recreation & Sports
Length: 2 pages (642 words)
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"The moment illustrated the growing desperation of survivors of the massive earthquake on Saturday that killed an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 people across Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and adjacent areas. One million people were thought to be left homeless." "This food is needed urgently," Amjad Jamal, a World Food Program spokesman, told the Reuters news agency. "People are trying to recover from a major disaster; they are in shock and their bodily resistance will go down if they do …

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…North-West Frontier province, adjacent to Kashmir, rescuers shouting "He's alive!" pulled a teenage boy from a wrecked building, 78 hours after the quake, the Associated Press reported. In Islamabad, the capital, a 55-year-old woman and her 75-year-old mother were found in good condition in the wreckage of 10-story apartment building 80 hours after it collapsed. "Nobody has brought us tents," said Hasrat, whose village is accessible only by foot. "Everyone sleeps in the fields or the forest."

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