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Indonesia quake death toll may be thousands

Posted by Publius Alter on Sep 30th, 2009 and filed under Top Stories. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – Rescue teams struggled in heavy rain on Thursday to find people trapped under debris after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian city of Padang, possibly killing thousands.


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