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Syrian boy who survived earthquake fulfils dream of meeting Cristiano Ronaldo
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A boy from Syria who told rescue workers after a devastating earthquake in February that he wanted to meet C
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Besiktas fans throw toys on field for children affected by earthquake
Albanus Kiswili
Besiktas fans threw thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch during Sunday's match against Antalyaspor to donate to children impacted by the earthquake in Turkey and neighbouring Syria. The Turkish Super Lig game, which ended 0-0, was paus
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Turkey widens probe into building collapses as quake toll exceeds 50,000
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Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month's earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over what many see as corrupt building practices.
U.S to provide KSh12.5B more for Turkey, Syria quake aid; death toll passes 46,000
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The United States will provide an additional $100 million dollars for earthquake response in Turkey and Syria, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday, adding to the $85 million previously approved. President Joe Biden intends to authoriz
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Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll passes 46,000; desperation for signs of life
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More than 46,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria and the toll is expected to soar, with some 345,000 apartments in Turkey now known to have been destroyed, and many still missing. As Turkey attempts t
Death toll passes 40,000 as Turkey-Syria earthquake survivors show signs of PTSD
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Doctors in a Turkish field hospital in the southern city of Iskenderun said they are treating increasing numbers of patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks after last week's earthquake. "Initially the patie
Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll passes 36,000 as rescuers find 'miracle' survivors
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Rescuers in Turkey pulled several people alive from collapsed buildings on Monday, a week after the country's worst earthquake in modern history, but hopes of many more survivors were fading and criticism of the authorities grew. In hard-h
Earthquake death toll tops 33,000, Turkey starts legal action
Michael Majanga
Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to maintain order across the disaster zone and began legal action over building colla
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Death toll tops 28,000 as looting, hygiene worries add to rescuers' burden
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Exhausted rescuers pulled dwindling numbers of survivors from earthquake rubble in Turkey and Syria on Saturday five days after one of the region's worst natural disasters whose death toll neared 26,000 and looked set to rise far higher. S
Children rescued from ruins days after earthquake, but death toll tops 23,700
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Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to this week's huge eart
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Hope fades for survivors as Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll passes 20,000
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Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday. The rescue of a 2-year-old boy after 79 hours tra
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Death toll passes 15,000 as Turkey leader acknowledges earthquake relief problems
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The death toll from earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria this week passed 15,000 on Thursday amid anger from those left destitute and frustrated over the slow arrival of rescue teams. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who contests an e
Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 7,800 as rescuers dig through rubble
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The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 7,800 people on Tuesday as rescuers worked against time in harsh winter conditions to dig survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings. As th
Explainer: Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad? Death toll crosses 5,000
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The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday is likely to be one of the deadliest this decade, seismologists said, with a more than 100 km (62 miles) rupture between the Anatolian and Arabian plates. Here is what sci
Third earthquake hits Turkey as death toll crosses 4,000
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Rescue teams worked early on Tuesday to release people trapped in the rubble of buildings in southern Turkey as the death toll in the country from a devastating earthquake a day earlier rose to nearly 3,000. The magnitude 7.8 quake rippled
Death toll from Turkey, Syria earthquake jumps to more than 2,200; bad weather worsens plight
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A huge earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and injured thousands more on Monday in Turkey and northwest Syria, flattening apartment blocks and heaping more destruction on Syrian cities already devastated by years of war. The magnitude
About 200 dead, many trapped as major earthquake strikes Turkey, Syria
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A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing about 200 people as buildings collapsed across the snowy region, and triggering a search for survivors trapped in rubble. The quake, which hit