61.   Temperatures plunged and a blanket of snow covered northwestern Iran on Sunday, hampering rescue teams trying to reach villages devastated by a massive earthquake.

62.   State officials said the death toll could increase as aid workers reach remote villages.

63.   Survivors in Parenggean spoke to an Associated Press reporter who reached the village a day after the bodies were discovered in a mass grave.

64.   The bridge allows traffic to reach the village, such as the trucks that brought building materials for a new school and clinic.

65.   The horses were used to reach a village on a road cut off by a landslide during the quake, said Cyril Dupre of the French aid agency ACTED.

66.   The Ingush government said Russian troops would not let civilians leave Arshty and had stopped a government aid convoy from reaching the village.

67.   The only way to reach the villages, set a mile apart among apple and cherry orchards, was by boat.

68.   The report did not say how long the deadline was extended and indicated new decisions would be taken once the security officials reached the village.

69.   The only way for a truck to reach the village would be to drive up the dry riverbed and down a rocky dirt path.

70.   The report did not say how long the deadline was extended and indicated new decisions would be taken when the two security officials reached the village.