Saturday, October 08, 2005

Hundreds killed in Kashmir quake
Pakistan says more than 1,000 may have died in a powerful quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan and wiped out whole villages in Kashmir.
The US Geological Survey said the quake in Kashmir measured at least 7.6. The epicentre was 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad.
Rescuers are trying to reach residents in collapsed buildings in Islamabad and Pakistan's interior ministry have said several villages may have been destroyed.

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