Up to 300 Feared Dead in Morocco Earthquake

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Up to 300 Feared Dead in Morocco Earthquake

RABAT (Reuters) - Up to 300 people were feared to have died in an earthquake which shook northern Morocco early on Tuesday around the Mediterranean port city of Al Hoceima, a local official said.

"The official death toll now stands at 42 but the number of people killed could reach 300," a local member of parliament, who did not want to be identified, told Reuters.

Al Hoceima's Mohammed V main hospital was too small to take the scores of injured people, the member of parliament said.

"Rescuers have only managed to dig out about 10 percent of the number of people believed to be buried under the rubble" in villages around Al Hoceima, he said.

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Up to 300 Feared Dead in Morocco Earthquake

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1. Here's a pic of a mosque

that was destroyed in the earthquake.

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2. Smaller Earthquakes in Macedonia, France/Switzerland/Germany

Two minor earthquakes were reported from Macedonia (this morning, 4.5-5 Richter Scale) and the region between France/Switzerland/Germany (last evening, 5.1 Richter Scale. No damage reported so far.

German source: http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,287758,00.html

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3. Quake victims unhappy over 'trickling' aid

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1077796441807B225&set_id=1