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PHOTOS: Peru quake aftermath
17 Aug 2007 09:53:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
 

REUTERS/David Mercado
Panamericana highway is seen after a strong earthquake in Chincha, south of Lima August 16, 2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday and bodies piled up on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/David Mercado ( PERU)
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REUTERS/STR New
Rescue members work after a strong earthquake struck Peru, in Pisco, south of Lima August 16, 2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday and bodies piled up on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/Stringer (PERU)
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REUTERS/Reuters Photographer
Rescue workers prepare to leave for Pisco city at the Police Airport in Lima August 16, 2007, after an earthquake struck Peru. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday and bodies piled up on street corners after the huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil ( PERU)
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REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
Residents and rescue workers try to use the public payphones in Pisco some 245 km (150 miles) south of Lima August 16, 2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday, piling some of them on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/ Mariana Bazo (PERU)
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REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Coffins are seen at a cemetery destroyed in an earthquake in Ica, south of Lima, August 16, 2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday and bodies piled up on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares ( PERU)
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REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
Peru's soldiers patrol in Pisco, 245km ( 150 miles), south of Lima August 16,2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday, piling some of them on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/ Mariana Bazo (PERU)
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REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Injured people wait to be treated at a hospital in Ica, south of Lima, August 16, 2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday and bodies piled up on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (PERU)
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REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
Two men walk through a street that was destroyed in Pisco some 245km (150 miles) south of Lima August 16, 2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday and bodies piled up on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/ Mariana Bazo (PERU)
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REUTERS/STR New
Peruvians remove debris after a strong earthquake struck Peru, in Pisco, south of Lima August 16, 2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday and bodies piled up on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/Stringer (PERU)
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REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
A man walks through a cemetery damaged after an earthquake in Ica, south of Lima, August 16, 2007. Rescuers searched collapsed homes and churches in Peru on Thursday for more victims of a massive 7. 9-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 337 people and injured 1,300, cracked and cut off roadways and left thousands without power. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares(PERU)
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REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
Men cry over their dead relatives in Pisco, some 245 km (152 miles) south of Lima, August 16, 2007. Peruvians pulled hundreds of dead from the rubble of homes and churches on Thursday, piling some of them on street corners after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo ( PERU)
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REUTERS/Reuters Photographer
A photograph of Pope Benedict XVI is displayed amid debris left after an earthquake struck Lima city August 16, 2007. Powerful aftershocks shook Peru on Thursday as rescuers pulled wounded and dead from collapsed homes and churches a day after a massive earthquake killed hundreds of people. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU)
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REUTERS/Reuters Photographer
A man stands amid debris left after an earthquake struck Lima city August 16, 2007. Powerful aftershocks shook Peru on Thursday as rescuers pulled wounded and dead from collapsed homes and churches a day after a massive earthquake killed hundreds of people. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU)
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