Monday, August 20, 2007

Calm Urged for Peru Quake Victims

Peru's leaders have called for calm amid reports of desperate crowds looting aid trucks and fighting over food after Wednesday's huge earthquake. The authorities are struggling to get supplies to the hardest hit areas, but President, Alan Garcia insisted that nobody is going to die of hunger or thirst. Powerful aftershocks continue to hit the region, causing widespread panic.At least 500 people were killed when the quake wrecked parts of Peru's central coast, south of Lima.

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