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 GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia (AP) - The focus of international aid on earthquake-devastated Nias Island shifted Friday from rescue to relief, with one U.N. official saying it was unlikely any more survivors would be found.
A total of 455 people were confirmed dead — 424 on the island and 31 in Aceh province — from Monday night's 8.7-magnitude earthquake in Sumatra — which had barely recovered from the Dec. 26 quake-driven tsunami, said Col. Zainuri Lubis, a local police officer compiling a list of the dead.
The government said the final death toll will be about 500, lowering earlier estimates of 2,000.
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