Turkey-Syria death toll passes 41,000 as UN appeals for quake aid

Turkey-Syria death toll passes 41,000 as UN appeals for quake aid

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Istanbul (AFP) Feb 16, 2023

The death toll from the earthquake that has devastated parts of Turkey and Syria exceeded 41,000 on Friday as the United Nations appealed for $1 billion to address a growing humanitarian crisis. Eleven days after the quake - now one of the 10 deadliest in the past 100 years - Turkish rescuers pulled a 17-year-old girl and a woman in her 20s out of the rubble. "She looked to be in good

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