CAIRO, Oct. 14, 1992 — President Hosni Mubarak chaired a Cabinet meeting on relief efforts yesterday, cutting short his Asian tour after Monday’s earthquake. The Red Cross put the toll at 1,000 dead or missing and 10,000 injured, though officials called this inaccurate.
Rescuers in Heliopolis worked through the night sifting rubble from the collapsed 14-storey building, as Algerian specialists arrived and Saudi Arabia sent $50 million in aid.
