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Subject: Pakistan - Earthquake Natural Disaster - Women & Children
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PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE NATURAL
DISASTER - WOMEN & CHILDREN
A Pakistani girl feeds goats in front of her damaged house
following an earthquake in Ziarat, about 130 kilometers (81 mile) south of
Quetta, Pakistan on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. A strong earthquake of magnitude
6.4 struck before dawn Wednesday in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 150
people, injuring scores more and leaving an estimated 15,000 homeless,
officials said.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
Wed Oct 29, 9:06 AM ET
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SW Pakistan Earthquake Kills 160, More
Deaths Feared
By Asghar Achakzai
Link to Full Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081029/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanquake_081029115112
ZIARAT,
Pakistan (AFP) – A powerful earthquake struck southwest Pakistan before dawn on Wednesday,
killing at least 160 people, destroying mud homes and sending survivors
screaming into the streets in panic.
At
least eight villages were badly hit by the 6.4-magnitude quake, local police
and officials said, warning the death toll could rise as rescue workers reached
villages in the remote mountainous region bordering Afghanistan.
"Around
160 people have died so far," said Khushal Khan, spokesman for the revenue
minister of gas-rich Baluchistan province, Zamarak Khan.
"The
toll may go up. The dead included 29 members of the same family."
Residents
in the region around the historic hill town of
Ziarat, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the provincial capital Quetta, told him
about 6,000 people have been made homeless, he said.
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