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Algeria Earthquake Kills Nearly 2,200
World | May 26, 2003, Monday // 00:00
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An Algerian boy prays outside his apartment block. Many earthquake survivors fearing their building would collapse in aftershocks, preferred to stay outdoors, but complained authorities failed to provide them with shelter. Photo by AP
Looting and disease threatened survivors of Algeria's earthquake and foreign rescuers began to pull out Sunday as hopes diminished for finding more people alive in the ruins. As the death toll from Wednesday's quake neared 2,200, anger erupted over the slowness and meagerness of government aid and rescue efforts, with many people calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's resignation. Their homes demolished, some survivors have been living in makeshift camps of tarpaulins, umbrellas and sheets in open spaces amid the wreckage.
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