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Thousands await aid after deadly Indonesian earthquake
Bangkok Post and South China Morning Post describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedThousands of evacuees waited for help on Indonesia's island of Flores after a powerful earthquake killed 51 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses and buildings.
The headline splitRTE News (Ireland) frames it as "Thousands await aid after deadly Indonesian earthquake". South China Morning Post frames it as "Indonesian earthquake survivors recount chaotic escape: ‘house collapsed on me’".
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Thousands await aid after deadly Indonesian earthquake
Thousands of evacuees waited for help on Indonesia's island of Flores after a powerful earthquake killed 51 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses and buildings.
Thousands of evacuees await aid after deadly quake on Indonesia's Flores island
Thousands of evacuees on Indonesia's Flores island began receiving aid on Sunday after a 7.7-magnitude quake killed 48 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses and buildings. S...
RUTENG, Indonesia - Help started arriving Sunday for thousands of evacuees on Indonesia's Flores island after a powerful earthquake killed 48 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of...
Indonesian earthquake survivors recount chaotic escape: ‘house collapsed on me’
Melania Nius was at her husband’s hospital bedside on Indonesia’s Flores Island when a powerful quake shook their town to its core, sending patients fleeing into the chaos outside. Melania,...
