111.   Relatives of victims argued that swifter rescue work and more vigorous involvement by the central government could have saved more lives.

112.   Provincial leaders were on hand to oversee rescue work.

113.   Rescue work has been hampered by the arrival Saturday of heavy rains, part of the July monsoon season.

114.   Rescue work has been hampered by the heavy monsoon rains that began Saturday.

115.   Rescue work is often hampered by red tape at national borders, delaying aid teams reaching accident spots.

116.   Rescue work reportedly was hindered by heavy fog.

117.   Rescue work resumed at dawn Tuesday, and emergency workers soon retrieved one more body, Russian Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov said.

118.   Rescue work that the authorities pulled off for the night because of darkness resumed Friday.

119.   Rescue work was difficult because the collapse also severed power lines and buried roads, it said.

120.   Rescue work was hampered because of the floods caused by torrential rains, the officials said.