Local residents congregate on a road near earthquake damaged houses in the Iranian city of Bam 1000 kms, 630 miles, southeast of Tehran Friday Dec. 26, 2003. An major earthquake may have killed as many as 10,000 people when it devastated the city in southeast Iran early Friday, an Iranian legislator told The Associated Press after speaking to officials at the scene. [AP]

An Iranian woman weeps beside the bodies of children who were killed during an earthquake in the city of Bam 630 miles (1,000 km) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday Dec. 26, 2003. A preliminary estimate said that the death toll could reach 10,000. [AP]

Soldiers search for bodies in Bam city after an earthquake 1000 kms(640 miles) southeast of Tehran on Friday Dec. 26, 2003. [AP]

People bury the bodies of some of those who were killed in earthquake in the city of Bam in 1000 kms 630 miles southeast of Tehran on Friday Dec. 26, 2003. [AP]

Grieving injured Iranian women embrace after an earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam 1,000 kms, 630 miles southeast of Tehran on Friday Dec. 26, 2003. [AP]

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