This is a request for prayers and retrievals:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051009/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_quake_51;_ylt=AveN4JZyk... Death Toll Surpasses 30,000 in Asia Quake
By SADAQAT JAN, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago
BALAKOT, Pakistan - Villagers desperate to find survivors dug with bare hands Sunday
through the debris of a collapsed school where children had been heard crying beneath
the rubble after a massive earthquake killed more than 30,000 people in
Pakistani-controlled Kashmir alone.
"I have been informed by my department that more than 30,000 people have died in Kashmir,"
Tariq Mahmmod, communications minister for the Himalayan region, told The Associated Press.
Saturday's magnitude-7.6 quake also struck India and Afghanistan, which reported hundreds dead.
Pakistan's army called the earthquake the country's worst-ever disaster and appealed for urgent help.
Rival India, the United States, the United Nations, Britain, Russia, China, Turkey, Japan and
Germany all offered assistance.
With Love and Sadness,
Mairlyn