Crumpled hotel becomes focus in Indonesia rescue effort

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Crumpled hotel becomes focus in Indonesia rescue effort

Rescue personnel search for victims in the rubble of the Hotel Roa-Roa in Palu (AFP Photo/BAY ISMOYO)/ Palu (Indonesia) (AFP) - Squads of orange-clad rescue workers clambered over the tangled remains of an Indonesian hotel Sunday, hoping to dig out 50 to 60 guests still feared trapped by an earthquake-tsunami disaster. Authorities believe the 80-room Hotel Roa-Roa in the city of Palu on Sulawesi island was near capacity when the district was ravaged by a 7.5 magnitude quake and a tsunami wave Friday. "It is assumed there are still 50 to 60 ...

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