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By Aija Braslina RIGA (Reuters) - Rescue workers pulled two more bodies out of the ruins of a collapsed supermarket in the Latvian capital, Riga, early on Friday, bringing the death toll to eight amid fears that more people may be buried in the rubble. TV pictures showed the Maxima store surrounded by fire trucks and ambulances with rescue workers using mechanical cutters to clear debris from the single-storey concrete and glass building. "Another dead body has just been brought out," Latvian rescue services said on their Twitter feed. Spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele told Reuters earlier that a seventh victim had been found in the ruins.More...