Russia sends team

By Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW, JAN. 26. Russia has despatched a rescue team to India to help rescue people trapped in the debris of collapsed buildings in the devastating earthquake in Gujarat.

An IL-76 transport plane with 65 rescue workers, trained dogs and equipment left here this evening and was expected to arrive in Delhi around midnight on Friday. The group led by Major General Pavel Plat included the famous high-risk Leader team, which worked at quake sites in Russia and Turkey.

EU sending team

AFP reports from Brussels:

The European Union is sending a team of experts in humanitarian aid to India following today's earthquake in Gujarat, European commission spokesman, Mr. Jonathan Faull, said. The EU's External Relations Commissioner, Mr. Chris Patten, who has been in India this week, is following the situation, Mr. Faull told reporters.

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