The World - News from Jan. 10, 1989
At least 150,000 workers will be brought into Armenia to help rebuild homes and public buildings destroyed and damaged in last month’s earthquake, Deputy Premier Yuri Batalin announced. He added that a two-year rebuilding program will probably cost about $16.5 billion--much more than previously estimated. Batalin put the death toll in the Dec. 7 quake at 25,000, saying that figure is accurate to within 1,500. Half a million were left homeless and more than 100,000 were evacuated.
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