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'Hopes Are Fading' For Those Still Missing After New Zealand's Earthquake

By Mark Memmott
Published February 24, 2011 at 9:55 AM MST
Emergency services personnel removed a body earlier today (Feb. 24, 2011) from the site of the CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Emergency services personnel removed a body earlier today (Feb. 24, 2011) from the site of the CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The confirmed number of deaths from Tuesday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand is now 98, that the number of missing stands at 226 and "hopes of finding survivors in the rubble of quake-ravaged Christchurch are fading."

The Associated Press makes the same point :

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Mark Memmott
Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.
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