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Quake Devastates Kashmir
Southeast Asia Earthquake
Tomas Munita -- AP
Pakistan Begins Rescue Efforts As Quake Death Toll Tops 170
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 29 -- The government began recovery and rescue efforts Wednesday after a strong predawn earthquake jolted an impoverished area in southwestern Pakistan, killing more than 170 people, injuring hundreds and destroying thousands of houses and government buildings.
 

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A powerful earthquake reduced villages to rubble, triggered landslides and flattened an apartment building. A Pakistan army spokesman called the devastation "a national tragedy."

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The death toll of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake rose to 20,000 people and Pakistani officials expected it to reach at least 30,000. The temblor hit along the India-Pakistan border, but most of the damage was on the Pakistani side of the Kashmir region.

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Almost all the residents of Balakot, Pakistan, are homeless and missing relatives. A massive earthquake struck the region Saturday, killing an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 people along the India-Pakistan border.

Latest News From the Quake Region

A Year After Pakistan Earthquake, Fear and Rubble Remain (Post, October 9, 2006, Page A18)
 
Pakistan Quake Zone Escapes Dreaded 2nd Wave of Deaths: Mild Weather, Timely Aid Make Difference (Post, March 2, 2006, Page A15)
 
Bitter Cold, Snow Blocking Relief Supplies in Kashmir (Post, January 3, 2006, Page A14)
 
In Kashmir, After the Quake, 'Nothing' (Post, December 18, 2005, Page A27)
 
A Race to Help in Kashmir's Mountains: Newlywed Climbers See Progress as Aid Flows Into Area Devastated by Quake (Post, December 13, 2005, Page A17)
 
U.N. Pleads for Pakistan Relief Aid: 40,000 Quake Survivors May Flee Mountains as Winter Arrives (Post, November 25, 2005, Page A29)
 
Aid Pledges Are Mixed Blessing for Pakistan (Post, November 20, 2005, Page A25)
 
Winter in Kashmir (November 18, 2005, Page A22)
 
Racing Winter to Reach Pakistan's Quake Victims (By Nora Boustany, November 16, 2005, Page A14)
 
Pakistan Raises Toll In Quake to 73,000 (Post, November 3, 2005, Page A16)
 
Quake Aid to Pakistan Delayed: Turned Away at JFK, Cargo to Be Shipped From Baltimore (Post, October 30, 2005, Page C11)
 
India to Let Quake Victims Cross Kashmir Line (Post, October 23, 2005, Page A18)
 
Quake Aid Helps U.S. Alter Image in Pakistan: Afghan and Iraq Wars Had Built Anger (Post, October 22, 2005, Page A01)
 
Indian Official Killed By Kashmir Militants: Slaying Dampens Hopes for Peace Following Quake (Post, October 19, 2005, Page A15)
 
To Help Pakistanis At Risk, Pilots Face Their Own Perils (Post, October 18, 2005, Page A19)
 
Estimate of Quake Deaths Rises Sharply in Kashmir (Post, October 17, 2005, Page A12)
 
Pakistanis Vent Anger About Pace of Relief: Supplies Begin Flowing to Quake Victims As Musharraf Addresses Army's Effort (Post, October 13, 2005, Page A12)
 
Analysis: Earthquake Aid for Pakistan Might Help U.S. Image (Post, October 13, 2005, Page A18)
 
The Kashmir Earthquake (October 12, 2005, Page A16)
 
Quake Rocks Pakistan, Afghanistan (Post, October 8, 2005, Page A17)
 
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