Quake's dead put at 1,100 in Indonesia
Rubble still holds victims in worst-hit city, Padang
Posted: October 4, 2009 at 6:17 a.m.
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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