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Mon 04 Apr 2009Italy quake death toll passes 130
A powerful earthquake struck central Italy early today, killing more than 130 people, making up to 50,000 homeless and flattening entire medieval towns while residents slept.
As rescue workers combed through the rubble for survivors and rushed to set up tents for the homeless before night fell, officials warned the death toll could rise further and declined to estimate the number of missing.
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