Christchurch earthquake: families distraught as up to 100 die in a single building

 "New Zealand authorities called off rescue operations at the Canterbury Television building after police said they were '100 per cent certain' no one left inside could have survived.
In a blow to families and friends who were holding vigil for their relatives trapped inside the CTV building in the city centre, police said that reports from early in the day that 15 people had survived and found an air pocket inside the rubble were false."
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