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February 23, 2011
SHAKE AND BLOW
Specialist Japan team heads for New Zealand quake
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 23, 2011
A 70-strong rescue team was due to leave Japan Wednesday for New Zealand's quake-hit city of Christchurch, where at least 23 of its citizens were missing, many feared trapped under rubble. Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries and the team includes specialist rescue workers from the coastguard, police and fire fighting service, doctors and nurses as well as sniffer dogs. The missing Japanese are English-language students from several schools who were in the city when it was ... read more

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