4 rescued from quake rubble

BAM, Iran (AP) -- Soldiers pulled four more people alive from the rubble of Iran's devastating earthquake, hours after rescue workers had all but given up hope of finding survivors and focused their efforts on relief and preventing disease.
As the death toll from Friday's 6.6-magnitude quake reached at least 28,000, the discovery late Tuesday of two men and two women amazed health workers handling the aftermath of the disaster.
Normally, people trapped under collapsed buildings can survive three days -- a deadline that expired Monday morning.
"It's a miracle," Mohammad Nickam of the Health Ministry said today. Deputy Health Minister Mohammed Akbari said the four survivors were in "relatively good condition." More information was not immediately available.
Residents of the southeastern city of Bam increasingly blamed the authorities Tuesday for poor distribution of relief supplies.
Shortages were aggravated by an influx of people from outlying villages struck by the quake.