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Article: Indonesia calls off search for missing survivors
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- October 5, 2009
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Helicopters dropped instant noodles and other aid to cutoff hillside communities that were without food for five days, as rescue workers gave up their search Monday for survivors from last week's massive Indonesian earthquake.
When all the bodies are counted and the missing declared dead, the death toll from Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude quake in Sumatra island is expected to be in the thousands. The official toll currently is 603.
A measure of normalcy returned to Padang, the devastated capital of West Sumatra province. Hundreds of children went back to classes in schools set up in tents. UNICEF provided tents and basic supplies for schools in three of 10 affected districts.
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