Quake Survivors Protest Lack of Government Aid
From Times Wire Reports
Homeless survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 565 people in northern Morocco blocked a main road to protest the lack of government aid.
As hopes dimmed of finding survivors in the rubble of mud-brick homes in villages surrounding Al Hoceima, dozens of people staged a sit-down protest on the road linking the Mediterranean port to the interior.
Emergency officials expected the death toll to rise.
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