
“Rescue teams in northwest Iran strove Sunday to dig survivors out of the rubble of villages leveled by twin earthquakes that killed at least 180 people and injured more than 1,300, according to officials. The quakes, which struck Saturday within 11 minutes of each other, measured 6.2 and 6.0, according to Tehran University’s Seismological Center.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/11/death-toll-in-iran-at-180-after-twin-earthquakes/
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