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Article: Earthquake Kills 3,000 Across South Asia
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- October 8, 2005
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CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-08-2005
Dateline: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Local governor Sardar Yousaf views a damaged house following a severe earthquake in Batal, 135 kilometers from Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, injuring at least a dozen people and damaging dozens of homes and shops. Part of a 10-story apartment building collapsed in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, and dozens of people were feared trapped in the rubble. (AP Photo)
A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake near the Pakistan-India border Saturday reduced villages to rubble, triggered landslides and flattened an ...