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TEHRAN (AFP) Dec 31, 2003 Rescue workers in and around the shattered Iranian city of Bam pulled out five people -- including a four-month-old baby and a 12-year-old girl -- alive from the wreckage of last week's earthquake on Tuesday, local media reports said on Wednesday. Two New Zealanders, two Australians die in avalanche at Mt Cook park WELLINGTON (AFP) Dec 31, 2003 Two New Zealanders and two Australians were killed and two others injured when they were swept 500 metres (1,640 feet) down a mountain by an avalanche in New Zealand's notorious Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park on Wednesday, police said. |
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Body of British tourist pulled from Iran quake rubble KERMAN, Iran (AFP) Dec 31, 2003 The body of a British tourist has been recovered from the rubble four days after a devastating earthquake in southeastern Iran which has killed 40,000 people, according to an official from the provincial government of Kerman, the area worst hit by the temblor. US aid workers poised to help Bam quake effort after toll hits 40,000 BAM, Iran (AFP) Dec 31, 2003 US aid workers were poised Wednesday to start helping the relief effort in Bam, southeastern Iran, where the death toll from a devastating earthquake stands at 40,000, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters of modern times. Four killed in avalanche on New Zealand's notorious Mt Cook WELLINGTON (AFP) Dec 31, 2003 Four people were killed and two injured in an avalanche in New Zealand's notorious Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park Wednesday, police said. Series of quakes hit Japanese islets TOKYO (AFP) Dec 31, 2003 A series of earthquakes measuring a maximum 4.3 on the Richter scale hit small islands south of Tokyo on Wednesday but there was no danger of tsunami tidal waves, Japan's meteorological agency said. Father and child killed in Swiss avalanche ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AFP) Dec 30, 2003 A German man and his two-year-old son were killed in an avalanche Tuesday in central Switzerland, emergency services said. |
Red Cross hospital arrives in quake-hit Iran GENEVA (AFP) Dec 30, 2003 A 150-bed field hospital of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement arrived Tuesday in southeastern Iran along with German, Finnish and Norwegian medical personnel to assist those injured in the devastating earthquake there, the organisation said. Turkish FM to visit Iran quake site ANKARA (AFP) Dec 30, 2003 Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will make a brief visit on Wednesday to the site of last week's devastating earthquake in southeast Iran, the Anatolia news agency reported. Major rescue operation after avalanche hits New Zealand's notorious Mt Cook TIMARU, New Zealand (AFP) Dec 30, 2003 A major rescue operation was launched Wednesday on New Zealand's notorious Aoraki-Mount Cook after at least six people were believed to be trapped in an avalanche, officials said. US rescue workers still waiting to start helping quake victims BAM, Iran (AFP) Dec 30, 2003 An 80-strong US team was waiting Tuesday for the green light to start relief operations in the quake-hit Iranian city of Bam, as thousands of homeless survivors were spending another night out in the cold. Bam quake toll hits 40,000 as Iran welcomes US aid but rejects dialogue BAM, Iran (AFP) Dec 30, 2003 Iran welcomed US emergency aid on Tuesday but rejected talks with its archfoe as the death toll from the Bam earthquake was put at 40,000, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters of modern times. |
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