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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 26 sepTember 2017

More buildings, perhaps lives at risk following Mexico quake

By MARIA VERZA Mexico City Mayor Miguel
Associated Press Angel Mancera said at least
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As seven schools were among
many as 360 buildings and the buildings thought to be
homes are in danger of col- at risk of tumbling.
lapse or with major dam- At several points in the city,
age in Mexico City nearly employees gathered on
a week after a magnitude sidewalks in front of their
7.1 earthquake completely workplaces Monday refus-
collapsed 38 structures. ing to enter, because they
The risk of delayed collapse feared their buildings could
is real: The cupola of Our collapse. “We are afraid
Lady of Angels Church, for our own safety,” said
damaged and cracked Maribel Martinez Ramirez,
by the Sept. 19 quake, split an employee of a govern-
in half and crashed to the ment development agen-
ground Sunday evening. cy who, along with dozens
There were no injuries. of coworkers, refused to
Nervous neighbors con- enter their workplace Mon-
tinued calling in police on day. “The building is lean-
Monday as apparently ing, there are cracks.”
new cracks appeared in Mancera said 360 “red lev-
their apartment blocks or el” buildings would either
existing ones worsened, have to be demolished or
even as the city struggled receive major structural re- Locals and volunteers walk in the streets of San Gregorio Atlapulco, Mexico. As many as 360
to get back to normality. inforcement. Another 1,136 buildings and homes are in danger of collapse in Mexico City nearly a week after a magnitude
Officials said they had were reparable, and 8,030 7.1 earthquake completely collapsed 38 structures.
cleared only 103 of Mexico of the buildings inspected (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
City’s nearly 9,000 schools so far were found to be 186 of the 325 dead nation- and 19 children — were avoiding use of demolition
to reopen Monday and habitable. Search teams wide. On Sunday, marines crushed by a fallen wing of or heavy machinery — until
said it could be two to were still digging through retried what is believed to the school. But like at other “there is full certainty, duly
three weeks before all were dangerous piles of rubble be the last body from a sites where there is little like- certified by the appropri-
declared safe — leaving Monday, hoping against collapsed school on the lihood of finding anyone ate authorities, that there is
hundreds of thousands of the odds to find survivors. city’s south side where a to- alive, the marines vowed nobody left, alive or dead,
children idle. The city has accounted for tal of 26 people — 7 adults to continue searching — in the collapsed building.q

Philippines accepts Malaysia’s rejection of ASEAN statement

By TERESA CEROJANO ment because it misrepre- regional bloc and after ex- foreign ministers,” the DFA and displacement of large
Associated Press sents the reality of the situ- tensive consultation with said in a statement. ?? numbers of people.”
MANILA, Philippines (AP) ation, omits reference to Malaysia. As this year’s ASEAN Chair, But Anifah said while Ma-
— The Philippines said Mon- Rohingya Muslims as one of “ASEAN is deeply con- the Philippines is allowed laysia condemns the Aug.
day it respects Malaysia’s the affected communities cerned about the hu- a certain level of flexibility 25 attacks by the insurgent
decision to dissociate itself and was not based on con- manitarian situation in the in formulating the ASEAN Arakan Rohingya Salvation
from a statement on Myan- sensus — a rare public spat northern Rakhine State and chairman’s statement on Army against Myanmar
mar’s Rakhine state issued in ASEAN, which prides itself since Malaysia has differ- various issues, it added. security forces, “the subse-
by Foreign Secretary Alan in its unity and decisions by ent views on some issues, The ASEAN chairman’s quent ‘clearance opera-
Peter Cayetano as chair- consensus. out of respect for its posi- statement issued Saturday tions’ efforts by Myanmar
man of the Association of Manila’s Department of tion, we decided that in- in New York condemned authorities was dispropor-
Southeast Asian Nations. Foreign Affairs said the Phil- stead of a Foreign Ministers “the attacks against Myan- tionate in that it has led to
Malaysia’s Foreign Minister ippines, as ASEAN chair, is- Statement, we would issue mar security forces” and deaths of many innocent
Anifah Aman said Sunday sued the statement taking a Chairman’s Statement “all acts of violence which civilians and caused more
that Malaysia was dissoci- into account sentiments of that would reflect the gen- resulted in loss of civilian than 400,000 Rohingyas to
ating itself from the state- others in the 10-member eral sentiments of the other lives, destruction of homes be displaced.”q