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Last Updated: Saturday, 24 May, 2003, 13:42 GMT 14:42 UK
In pictures: Terrible aftermath
Grieving relative at a gymnasium used as a morgue
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Entire families have been lost in Wednesday's quake, which left thousands dead and injured
Man sits outside destroyed building in Reghaia
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Much-needed medical and relief supplies are being shipped in to help the thousands now homeless
Family sleep in field near Boumerdes
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Many people are being forced to sleep out in the open
Youths search the debris of a 10-storey building in Reghaia
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Rescuers have been working night and day in their search for survivors
Emilie Kaidi
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There have been moments of jubilation - a two-year-old was pulled alive from the rubble
Looking for Emilie's sister Lisa
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But the hope of finding many more survivors is beginning to fade
Searching the 10-storey building in Reghaia, some 42km from Algiers
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Rescuers have worked by generator-powered floodlights to dig down into the collapsed buildings
Girl finds chick in remains of apartment block
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There is relief among those who got out of the rubble alive with their loved ones
Gendarmes building in Corso, east of Algiers
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But that is now giving way to anger as residents hit out at what they call sub-standard housing





SEE ALSO:
Race to save quake girl's life
24 May 03  |  Africa
Rescuers comb quake rubble
23 May 03  |  Africa
Deadly history of earthquakes
01 May 03  |  In Depth
Why do they happen?
26 Mar 02  |  Earthquakes
Country profile: Algeria
06 May 03  |  Country profiles
Timeline: Algeria
03 Mar 03  |  Country profiles


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