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The Independent UK
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Namita Singh

Woman, 40, rescued alive from Turkey rubble more than a full week after earthquake

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A woman spent 170 hours buried under rubble before being rescued in Turkey, where officials are facing a losing battle to find survivors after two deadly earthquakes struck the country last week.

Sibel Kaya, 40, was trapped under the rubble of a five-storey building after the first of the two quakes struck the Islahiye district of Gaziantep province, reported the state-run Anadolu Agency.

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