Death toll rises in Iran earthquake - Democratic Underground

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Death toll rises in Iran earthquake

The number of dead and injured in Friday's earthquake continues to rise, Iranian hospital sources say.

More than 20 people have died and 150 were injured by the quake which measured 6.2 on the Richter scale.

Eighty villages in Qazvin suffered between 20 and 100 percent damage, provincial Governor Massoud Emami told state television adding: "There have been victims."

Emami told state television he had put out a call for food and tents. Troops were mobilising to help the villagers.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B9034284-DE95-45BD-9A4E-148A91A7486E.htm

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