21.   Forty-eight people have been rescued alive from a hospital building which collapsed in Kobe following the earthquake, news reports said.

22.   In the wake of the bigger-than-expected disaster in Kobe, the Tokyo fire department is also reviewing its countermeasures to prevent disasters following major earthquakes.

23.   A massive rescue operation began to build up steam in Kobe early Wednesday after the chaos which followed the earthquake that struck the city the day before.

24.   Aftershocks are likely to hit Cyprus for another week following the earthquake that killed two people late Thursday, a seismology official said here Saturday.

25.   Aftershocks were continuing Sunday following the earthquake that struck Saturday in the Kozani region of central Greece, though their frequency was abating, seismologists said here.

26.   At least three large ships had been carried inland by the tidal waves which followed the earthquake.

27.   The spokesman repeated on this subject that the emperor was being kept informed of developments following the earthquake which struck off the coast of Japan on Tuesday.

28.   Komura said extra spending was needed to reconstruct the Kobe area following the earthquake in January and for technological development.

29.   Railway officials said train runs came to a temporary halt in Hokkaido, following the earthquake Sunday.

30.   The earthquake was followed by a minor tidal wave that hit an area that had been evacuated by authorities.