TURKEY EARTHQUAKES
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Disasters & Accidents
Survivors found week after twin quakes as Turkey, Syria death toll climbs
Ankara, Feb 13 (EFE).- The confirmed death toll from the twin earthquakes that devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern…
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Erdogan condemns looters, critics of quake response as toll passes 19,000
(Update 2: Updates casualties) Ankara/Beirut, Feb 9 (EFE).- Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday denounced reports of looting in…
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Erdogan condemns looters, critics of quake response as toll passes 17,000
(Update 1: adds Erdogan visit, updates casualties, adds info of delivery of UN aid) Ankara/Beirut, Feb 9 (EFE).- Turkish president…
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Quakes death toll tops 16,000 as Turkey president visits more disaster zones
Ankara/Beirut, Feb 9 (EFE).- The death toll in Turkey and Syria from two huge earthquakes surpassed 16,000 people on Friday,…
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Erdogan visits disaster zone amid growing anger over quake response
(Update 1: Upgrades death toll, adds detail throughout, changes head, lede) Ankara/Beirut, Feb 8 (EFE).- The Turkish president on Wednesday…
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‘Corpses are everywhere’: Desperation grows over Turkey’s quake response
By Dogan Tilic Ankara, Feb 8 (EFE).- Conditions in the 10 Turkish provinces devastated by recent powerful earthquakes along the…
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Desperate search for survivors as quake toll passes 5,000 in Turkey, Syria
(Update 3: Adds details, updates figures) Ankara/Beirut, Feb 7 (EFE).- Rescue workers were desperately searching for survivors amid freezing temperatures…
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Praying for a miracle in the rubble of quake-hit Osmaniye
By Ilya Topper Osmaniye, Turkey, Feb 7 (EFE).- Dozens of men and women stand in silence, observing as excavators tear…
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Ghana player Christian Atsu pulled alive from rubble after Turkey quake
Ankara, Feb 7 (EFE).- Hatayspor and Ghana midfielder Christian Atsu has been pulled alive from the wreckage of a building…
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