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Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 28,000 By JUSTIN SPIKE, ABDELRAHMAN SHAHEEN and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press LATAKIA, Syria (AP) —

(AP) — Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the massive earthquake that struck Tu

Five days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart caused thousands of buildings to collapse, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving millions homeless, rescuers were still pulling unlikely survivors from

Five days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart caused thousands of buildings to collapse, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving millions homeless, rescuers were still pulling unlikely survivors from the ruins

LATAKIA, Syria—Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week. The 23-year-old cellphone shop worker from the Syrian town of Jableh survived on dirty…

Five days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart in Turkey and Syria caused thousands of buildings to collapse last week, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving millions homeless, rescuers were still pulling unlikely survivors from the ruins -- one of them just 7 months old.

Buried under concrete, Baby Aya still was connected by her umbilical cord to her mother, who had died along with her husband and four other children.

Rescue teams using thermal cameras to locate signs of life are continuing to pull survivors out of mounds of rubble, five days after a major earthquake struck a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria. Rescuers on Saturday pulled five members of a single family alive from the wreckage of their home, 129 hours after the quake. The death toll is approaching 25,000. At least four more people were rescued earlier Saturday. They included a disoriented 16-year-old and a 70-year-old woman. But not ...

Unlikely rescues, coming so long after Mondays 7.8 magnitude quake brought down thousands of buildings, offered fleeting moments of joy Friday amid a catastrophe that has killed nearly 24,000 people, injured at least 80,000 others and left millions homeless.

Rescue teams using thermal cameras to locate signs of life are continuing to pull survivors out of mounds of rubble, five days after a major earthquake struck a...