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<br /> that 30,000 are homeless in the cold. noonk estimated that more than 1,200 had died in the ;�.<,}� ° ,.- "a
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<br /> As Qanooni toured the devastated area this morn �, 2\' �.
<br /> By MICHELLE BOORSTEIN 7 ing,men covered in a glaze of dust and sweat picked �, - �
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<br /> KABUL, Afghanistan-- A powerful earthquake donkeys with what goods they could salvage. , ';:'14;-"-1.,:-41-
<br /> devastated mountain-villages in northern Afghani- Qanooni said more than 600 bodies have been _' -.•-•.A•' s4�n. {
<br /> stan,where officials estimated that hundreds had died pulled from the rubble. . �.
<br /> and thousands more were injured in a region already $ x " ; Pakistan
<br /> hard-hit by hunger,drought and war. "This is a very bad scene," said. man have
<br /> found 600 bodies,and there is at least that many still
<br /> Afghan government officials initially said 1,800 buried."
<br /> were-killed, but aid agencies estimated early today Knight-Ridder Tnbune News
<br /> thaf the death_toll was much lower,perhaps only 200. Turn to QUAKE,Page 9A
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<br /> might lead passers-by to infer a certain desperation in So- couple of his rock-climbing fids.Real rock and absolutell
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