The world in brief
Posted: October 4, 2009 at 4:36 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY "They were sucked 30 meters [100 feet] deep into the earth. Even the mosque's minaret, taller than 20 meters [65 feet], disappeared." - Rustam Pakaya, head of Indonesia's Health Ministry crisis center, after an earthquake sent a mudslide over 400 wedding-goers
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