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More earthquake survivors pulled from rubble in Taiwan

Officials in worst-hit city say 171 rescued alive from collapsed 17-story building

By GLADYS TSAI, Associated Press
Published: February 7, 2016, 4:46pm
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A rescuer lifts a 6-month-old girl from a collapsed building in Tainan, Taiwan, on Sunday.
A rescuer lifts a 6-month-old girl from a collapsed building in Tainan, Taiwan, on Sunday. (Photos by Wally Santana/Associated Press) Photo Gallery

TAINAN, Taiwan — As anxious families waited nearby, rescuers on Sunday painstakingly pulled more survivors from the remains of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake that shook southern Taiwan and killed at least 32 people. More than 100 remained buried in the building’s rubble.

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