World
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2/8/2023 1:28:00 PM
The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria rose above 11,200 on Wednesday as rescuers raced to save survivors trapped under debris in the winter cold.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
2/7/2023 11:18:00 PM
The deadliest earthquake this century, which hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, had already claimed more than 5000 lives by the time Al-Ahram Weekly went to print. The figures are expected to continue rising, with every minute passing, meaning less hope of survivors among the thousands buried under the rubble.
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World
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Region
2/7/2023 10:04:28 PM
Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,300 people.
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World
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Region
2/7/2023 9:48:12 PM
Umm Ibrahim was anxiously waiting for news of her seven children trapped since Monday under the rubble in Syria's second city, after a powerful earthquake that has killed thousands.
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World
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Region
2/7/2023 6:55:55 PM
Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled frigid cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by a earthquake that killed more than 5,400 people.
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World
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Region
2/7/2023 6:33:31 PM
Search teams and emergency aid from around the world poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dug - sometimes with their bare hands - through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. The death toll soared above 5,300 and was still expected to rise.
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World
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Region
2/7/2023 6:23:31 PM
Structural engineers, soldiers, paramedics and handlers with trained search dogs are heading to Turkey and Syria to help locate and rescue survivors of Monday’s earthquake. Here's a glance at the assistance that's being provided.
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World
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Region
2/7/2023 11:44:00 AM
Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to more than 5,000.
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World
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Region
2/6/2023 10:06:34 PM
Rescue workers and civilians passed chunks of concrete and household goods across mountains of wreckage early Monday, moving tons of wreckage by hand in a desperate search for survivors trapped by a devastating earthquake.
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World
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International
2/3/2023 4:02:14 PM
The bodies of eight migrants have been recovered by Italy's coast guard during an operation overnight that also rescued 42 survivors in the central Mediterranean off the island of Lampedusa, Italian news agency ANSA reported Friday.
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World
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Africa
1/30/2023 12:11:44 PM
It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 and the Congolese army forced her to flee with almost nothing more than a decade ago.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/15/2023 6:48:18 PM
The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 29 Sunday, the regional governor reported as rescue workers scrambled to pull survivors from the rubble.
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World
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Africa
12/10/2022 12:55:29 PM
In a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Eric, Samuel, Tuyisenge and Florence recounted walking for miles to flee a horrific rebel attack on their village.
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World
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International
11/23/2022 12:05:21 PM
Survivors of an Indonesian earthquake that killed at least 268 people appealed for food and water Wednesday, as heavy rain and aftershocks hampered rescue efforts among the rubble of devastated villages.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/4/2022 4:17:14 PM
Alarmed by a surge in disease, the United Nations is asking for five times' more international aid after deadly floods in Pakistan left millions of survivors homeless and at rising risk of waterborne diseases and other ailments.
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World
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Region
9/30/2022 2:52:06 PM
The United Nations will seek $800 million more in aid from the international community to respond to the soaring life-saving needs of Pakistani flood survivors, a UN official said Friday.
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World
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International
9/6/2022 12:05:23 PM
Rescuers scoured through the rubble of remote villages in mountainous southwestern China Tuesday in a race to find survivors of an earthquake that claimed dozens of lives, with hundreds of people believed stranded or missing.
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World
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Africa
9/3/2022 2:05:50 PM
Militia members from Ethiopia's second largest ethnic group killed dozens of people and torched and looted homes in an attack on a town in the country's restless Oromia region, survivors told AFP.
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World
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Africa
8/23/2022 11:17:50 PM
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor expressed frustration Tuesday over the lack of accountability for crimes committed during the Darfur conflict, telling the UN Security Council that survivors in Sudan need "action, not words."
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World
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Region
8/4/2022 3:59:04 PM
Eight years on since the Islamic State jihadist group's massacres of Yazidis, more then 200,000 survivors are still displaced from their homes in Iraq, the United Nations said Thursday.
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