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80-yr-old,kid rescued from damaged house after 9 days

An 80-year-old woman and her 16-year-old grandson were found under the debris of their home in Ishinomaki City,about 30 miles northeast of Sendai,according to Miyagi police officials and the public broadcaster NHK.

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As Japan struggled to contain the damage at its crippled nuclear complex Sunday,two people were reported to have been found alive,nine days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami.

An 80-year-old woman and her 16-year-old grandson were found under the debris of their home in Ishinomaki City,about 30 miles northeast of Sendai,according to Miyagi police officials and the public broadcaster NHK.

The youth,identified as Jin Abe,crawled out of the debris of the family home and was found by local police,who called rescuers to free his grandmother,Sumi Abe,NHK said. Both were hospitalised but details of their condition were not immediately available.

Meanwhile,the National Police Agency on Sunday raised the official death toll to more than 8,100. The final toll is now expected to reach nearly 20,000.NORIMITSU ONISHI

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