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Colombia earthquake rescue efforts enter 'final phase' as death toll rises

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Rescuers in Colombia faced a race against time Wednesday as they searched collapsed buildings for survivors after the country's strongest earthquake this century. The magnitude 7.4 quake has killed 265 people and injured more than 3,500, with nearly 500 still missing.
"We're entering the final phase," Cali Mayor Alejandro Eder said Wednesday. "That doesn't mean there won't be survivors afterwards, but it is more difficult."
Colombia's newly installed president has declared the disaster an "economic emergency" and announced three days of national mourning.
"We will do what is necessary," Abelardo de la Espriella said in a statement, vowing to "emerge again as a country and as a society."