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Tuesday, September 21, 1999 Published at 10:14 GMT 11:14 UK
World: Asia-Pacific
Taiwan quake in pictures
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Many people lost everything and were lucky to escape with their lives.
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More than 50 people were injured when this 12-storey hotel collapsed in a Taipei suburb.
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The building smashed others nearby as it fell.
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Firefighters pull a survivor from a collapsed building - but hundreds are still trapped under rubble.
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The quake struck in the early hours as most of Taiwan's 22 million people were sleeping.
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Firefighters help a girl to safety, frightened but apparently unscathed.
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A boy is taken for emergency treatment after being rescued from the collapsed hotel in Taipei.
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Firefighters use hydraulic lifts to help survivors from a ruined building.
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