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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Play helps children heal from Turkish quake trauma | Reuters

Play helps children heal from Turkish quake trauma

By Ece Toksabay and Ibon Villelabeitia

ERCIS, Turkey | Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:58am EDT

(Reuters) - Eleven-year-old Rumeysa Kalkan's world was shattered on a sunny Sunday afternoon at 1.41 p.m.

That day, on October 23, a powerful earthquake killed nearly 600 people in eastern Turkey, devastating towns and villages and leaving tens of thousands homeless.

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