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Rescuers find more alive in Turkey on 8th day after quake
Turkey - Syria EarthquakeANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers on Tuesday were working to reach people under the rubble in three provinces hit hard by the devastating quakes that hit Turkey and Syria last week. The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that...
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