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BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 Iranian authorities were Sunday starting to draw up a multi-million-dollar reconstruction plan for earthquake-hit Bam, but the foreign ministry said the time was not yet right to receive a high-level US delegation to follow up on Washington's dispatch of aid. Champion weightlifter gives 40,000-dollar lift to Bam quake orphans appeal TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 Iranian strongman Hossein Rezazadeh threw his weight behind an appeal for the orphans of the Bam earthquake when the vest in which he became world weightlifing champion fetched 40,000 dollars at auction. |
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Iran says more than 1,300 Afghans killed in Bam earthquake TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 More than 1,300 Afghans died in the December 26 earthquake that devastated the southeastern Iranian city of Bam, a top interior ministry official said Sunday. "Can I have a cup of tea?" old woman asks after eight days under rubble BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 After eight days and nights trapped under the rubble of her home in the earthquake-hit Iranian city of Bam, the first request of a 97-year-old woman found by Red Crescent workers was for a cup of tea, aid staff said Sunday. Iran says time not right for high-level US mission, more gestures needed TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 Iran's foreign ministry said Sunday the time was not yet right to receive a high-level US delegation and urged Washington to clarify its policy and make further gestures of goodwill so a resumption of dialogue could be considered. Iran begins work on Bam reconstruction plan, aftershocks continue BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 Iranian authorities were Sunday beginning to draw up a multi-million dollar reconstruction plan for the earthquake-hit city of Bam, as more powerful aftershocks continued to raise questions over whether the city should be rebuilt in the same spot. Police detain 140 looters in Iran quake city TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 Iranian security forces have arrested 140 looters since a massive earthquake hit the southeastern city of Bam on December 26, the official news agency IRNA said Sunday. Landslide kills at least 14 in northern China's Shanxi province BEIJING (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 At least 14 people are believed to have died when a landslide in northern China's Shanxi province came tumbling down on a group of houses, state press reported. |
Japan FM to head to Iran to discuss quake aid, nuclear inspections TOKYO (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi will head to Iran Monday to discuss aid to the quake-devastated nation and welcome Tehran's moves to cooperate with nuclear inspections, an official said Sunday. After eight days under rubble, old woman asked for a cup of tea BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 After eight days and nights trapped under the rubble of her home in the earthquake-hit southeastern Iranian city of Bam, the first request of a 97-year-old woman found by Red Crescent workers was for a cup of tea, aid staff said Sunday. After medical emergency, quake relief workers look at hidden injuries BAM, Iran (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 Every time a door slams, 14-year-old Farzad dashes outside from the tent that is now home to him and his family. Like thousands of other child survivors of the December 26 earthquake here, he is in desperate need of psychological help. Samoan coastal areas under threat as powerful cyclone nears APIA (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 Coastal villagers in Samoa were warned Saturday to be prepared for gale force winds and storm surges as powerful cyclone Heta neared. Major quake in Tehran could kill a million: authorities TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 In the aftermath of the earthquake which devastated the southeastern Iranian city of Bam, residents of the capital Tehran are now only too aware of the massive disaster that could befall them were their city to be hit by a quake. Bam still under threat of further quakes TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 04, 2004 The city of Bam and the surrounding area, devastated by a massive earthquake on December 26 in which at least 30,000 people died, is still not free of the threat of further disaster. |
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