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Hopes fade as quake toll reaches 17,500

Rescuers carry a man found after days trapped in the quake-hit southeastern province of Hatay in Turkey. (Photo: AFP)

BAB AL-HAWA BORDER CROSSING, Syria: Hopes were fading Thursday for rescuing survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which has killed over 17,500 people in one of the deadliest tremors in decades.

Bitter cold has hampered the four-day search of thousands of flattened buildings and the 72-hour mark that experts consider the most likely period to save lives has passed.

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