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Japan quake death toll 9, searchers dig through rubble
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-06-16 10:14

A Japan Ground Self-Defence Force vehicle travels on a road that was reopened after a landslide caused by an earthquake in Kurihara, northern Japan, June 16, 2008. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck rural northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least nine people, leaving 13 missing, and disrupting road and rail traffic. [Agencies]