Beacon of light in darkness

AN 18-month-old baby has been pulled alive from the rubble of a building which collapsed in Algeria's earthquake.

Beacon of light in darkness

The rescue of Yousra Hamenniche in Boumerdes, the worst hit area of the country which lies some 30 miles east of the capital Algiers, took place 36 hours after the tremor hit.

"Rescuers at Boumerdes, helped by a number of volunteers, pulled a baby of one-and-a-half years from the ruins... the life of this miraculous baby is no longer in danger," reports stated the country's radio as saying.

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