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The Remains of the Bam Citadel are Seen Following an Earthquake in Bam
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IRAN: December 31, 2004
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Arg-e-Bam (Bam Citadel), a tourist atraction aged 2,000 years, is seen after a violent earquake devastated the ancient city of Bam December 29, 2003.
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Iran's supreme leader vowed to return the ruined city of Bam to its former glory, as rescuers held out little hope of finding more survivors in the rubble of the quake that killed up to 30,000 people.
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Story by SZH/GM
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Photo by SHAMIL ZHUMATOV
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