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Search on for missing as Japan quake deaths rise to 9
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-06-15 16:02
An excavator from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force clears the road which is buried under a landslide by an earthquake in Kurihara, northern Japan June 15, 2008. A powerful earthquake rocked rural northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least five people, injuring more than 200 and sparking landslides that sliced mountains, destroyed roads and left residents cut off.   [Agencies]