AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA - Rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of a second journalist missing underneath the rubble of an earthquake-shattered hotel as the death toll in the second earthquake to hit eastern Turkey in about two weeks rose to at least 26. The 5.7-magnitude quake hit the eastern city of Van late Wednesday. Rescuers pulled out 14 bodies from the wreckage of the Bayram Hotel as well as the low-budget Aslan Hotel on Friday, raising the death toll to 26, according to state-run TRT television. Authorities called off rescue operations at the Aslan by the late afternoon, but rescuers continued their search for possible survivors at the Bayram, their work made more difficult by heavy snow that began to fall in the evening. It was not known how many people remained buried in the rubble of the Bayram Hotel.
