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Baby girl among the few found alive as Turkey quake rescuers race against time

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Others also rescued against the odds almost a week after two earthquakes flattened parts of Turkey and Syria

A toddler, a father with his five-year-old daughter, and a 10-year-old girl have been rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings in southern Turkey, almost a week after the earthquake that flattened the region and neighbouring north-west Syria.

With rescue efforts in their sixth day, the window for finding survivors is shrinking rapidly. Experts say the survival rate of people trapped after an earthquake is 74% within 24 hours but falls to 22% after 72 hours and just 6% by the fifth day.

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