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Turkish PM visits quake-hit city

12 March 2010 [11:32] - TODAY.AZ
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited quake-hit Okcular village in the eastern province of Elazig on Thursday.
A pre-dawn earthquake, with a magnitude of 6, shook mud-brick houses into piles of rubble, killing 41 people in Elazig on Monday. Okcular village was the worst-hit area in the quake.

Erdogan offered his condolences to the relatives of quake victims, and wished speed recovery to the survivors.

Erdogan said that a reconstruction would be made in the region, expressing belief that the residence problem would be solved till Ramadan Holiday (in September).


/World Bulletin/
URL: http://www.today.az/news/regions/63848.html

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