Quake's dead put at 1,100 in Indonesia
Rubble still holds victims in worst-hit city, Padang
Posted: October 2, 2009 at 6:18 a.m.
A boy in Padang in Indonesia's West Sumatra province stands Thursday near a flattened building. The country has been hit by two earthquakes this week, the second on Thursday.
Rescue workers pulled victims, some screaming in pain, from the heavy rubble of buildings felled by a powerful earthquake that a government official said killed at least 777 people. The U.N. put the death toll at 1,100 and said it was likely to rise.
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