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Indonesians cease hunt for survivors

Quake's official death toll hits 609

By ERIC TALMADGE AND IRWAN FIRDAUS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 5:21 a.m.

Helicopters dropped instant noodles and other aid to cutoff hillside communities that were without food for five days, as rescue workers gave up their search Monday for survivors from last week's Indonesian earthquake.

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