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World news briefsPublished 08/18/07
Peru quake survivors loot market PISCO, Peru - Hungry earthquake survivors ransacked a public market yesterday, while other mobs looted a refrigerated trailer and blocked aid trucks, prompting Peru's president to appeal for calm. Aid finally arrived to the disaster zone after about 36 hours without much help. With hopes diminishing of finding more survivors from Wednesday's devastating magnitude-8 quake, the death toll had reached at least 510. Another 1,500 people were injured, overwhelming the few hospitals in Peru's southern desert region. Severe damage to the only highway to the hardest hit...
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