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Albania's Earthquake Search, Rescue Operation Ends

Keida Kostreci

   The search and rescue operation for earthquake survivors in Albania has
   ended, Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday.

   The small town of Thumane, experienced the highest death toll from
   Tuesday's quake with 26 people killed, six of whom belonged to one
   family, and all but one under age 30. They were buried Friday.

   In the port city of Durres -- 30 kilometers west of the capital, Tirana
   -- the quake killed 24. One person also died in Kurbin.

   In all, 51 people died, including seven children. Nine-hundred were
   injured. More than 5,000 people are without shelter; and 1,200
   buildings were destroyed in the 6.4-magnitude quake and the aftershocks
   that followed.

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