EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
A city worker holds a mother cat and her new kitten in Yalova, Turkey,
Friday, Aug. 27, 1999. The small family was rescued Friday after
surviving last week's devastating earthquake in Turkey. The pair were
found in a destroyed apartment building, which looked much like the
one in the background. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
Fatma Tandogan, 51-year-old an earthquake survivor, weeps as
she looks for her belongings in her collapsed house in Golcuk,
Turkey, Friday, Aug. 27, 1999. Turkish officials acknowledged for
the first time Friday that the number of those left homeless by last
week's massive earthquake could top half a million. The
government is now projecting it will need to build about 100,000 to
120,000 new homes for quake victims, said Harun Aslan,
spokesman for the Ministry of Housing and Public Works. (AP
Photo/Murad Sezer)
CHECHNYA
A Chechen girl waits for permission to cross the border into Ingushetia,
as she and her family escape Russian air attacks on the Chechen
capital Monday. Russia launched fresh air strikes Monday against
Islamic militants it says are hiding in breakaway Chechnya, killing
atleast seven civilians and setting oil installations ablaze in the
capital
Grozny. (Reuters)
CHECHNYA
Holding portraits of the late Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev (L) and
current President Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen women protest against
Russian air attacks on the Chechen capital Monday. Russia launched
fresh air strikes Monday against Islamic militants it says are hiding
in
breakaway Chechnya, killing at least seven civilians and setting oil
installations ablaze in the capital Grozny. (Reuters)
CHECHNYA
An elderly Chechen woman Tuesday wipes her face as she looks through a window at the Altiyevskaya dairy farm in Nazran
(Reuters)