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Rescue continues in Afghanistan's quake-hit village

STORY: Rescue continues in Afghanistan's quake-hit village DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Naib Rafi village of Zindajan District, west Afghanistan's Herat Province 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): MULLAH MOHAMMAD ABBAS AKHUND, Acting Minister of Disaster Management, Afghanistan 3. various of donations of food and clothing 4. various of the Naib Rafi village of Zindajan District, west Afghanistan's Herat Province STORYLINE: At the Naib Rafi village of Zindajan District in west Afghanistan's Herat Province, the hardest-hit area in the deadly quakes on Oct. 7, piteous wails can be heard day and night, while rescue work has never stopped. Afghan authorities said the death toll in the quake-affected western provinces, mainly in Herat, has surpassed 2,400. Even though the 72-hour "golden window" for quake-related rescues has ended, rescue workers along with villagers are still striving for miracles under the rubble. Acting Minister of Di

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China quake death toll tops 400 amid ongoing rescue efforts

ZHAOTONG, China - A man (R) in earthquake-hit Zhaotong, in southern China's Yunnan Province, wails amid the devastation on Aug. 5, 2014. The death toll from the quake two days earlier surpassed 400 as rescuers raced to find survivors.

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BANGLADESH-PANCHAGARH-BOAT-ACCIDENT

(220929) -- PANCHAGARH, Sept. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman wails on the river bank following a boat accident in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, Sept. 26, 2022. Some 69 bodies had been recovered, while three passengers were still missing after a jampacked boat capsized on Sunday in a northern Bangladesh district, an official said Thursday. (Xinhua)

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INDIA-NEW DELHI-COMMERCIAL BUILDING-MASSIVE FIRE

(220514) -- NEW DELHI, May 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mother of a fire victim (R) wails when waiting for the body of her daughter at a hospital in New Delhi, India, May 14, 2022. At least 27 people were killed and 12 others suffered burn injuries after a massive fire broke out in a three-storey commercial building in the Indian capital, senior police officer Sameer Sharma said Saturday. (Photo by Javed Dar/Xinhua)

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INDIA-NEW DELHI-COMMERCIAL BUILDING-MASSIVE FIRE

(220514) -- NEW DELHI, May 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mother of a fire victim wails when waiting for the body of her daughter at a hospital in New Delhi, India, May 14, 2022. At least 27 people were killed and 12 others suffered burn injuries after a massive fire broke out in a three-storey commercial building in the Indian capital, senior police officer Sameer Sharma said Saturday. (Photo by Javed Dar/Xinhua)

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ASDF pilots scramble against foreign aircraft

Air Self-Defense Force pilots dash to an F-15 fighter at the ASDF Naha Base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014, as a siren wails in the background. The number of times ASDF fighter jets were scrambled against foreign planes in fiscal 2014 through last March reached the second highest level ever due partly to increasing activity by the Chinese military in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo