CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - Violent aftershocks hampered desperate efforts to find survivors in the quake-ravaged New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday as the death toll climbed to 123 and the local mayor called for patience after frustration among residents began to boil over.
Rescue teams from New Zealand and six countries, including the United States, China, Japan and Australia, scoured the rubble of levelled buildings in the central city and suburban areas hardest hit by Tuesday's 6.3 tremor -- but found only bodies.