Indonesia Calls for Quake Help

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Quake-hit Indonesia appealed for foreign aid on Friday as the stench of decomposing bodies hung over wrecked buildings where overwhelmed rescuers were scrabbling for survivors.

In the city of Padang, which was devastated by Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, emergency teams worked around the clock to pull bodies from ruins that have claimed the lives of at least 1,100 people.

"Our main problem is that there are a lot of victims still trapped in the rubble. We are struggling to pull them out," Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari told reporters.

"We need help from foreign countries for evacuation efforts. We need them to provide skilled rescuers with equipment," she said, also appealing for medics to treat badly injured victims, many with broken bones.

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