Italy finds survivors but hopes fading

Published: 1:21PM Tuesday April 07, 2009 Source: Reuters

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A powerful earthquake struck central Italy, killing more than 130 people, making up to 50,000 homeless and flattening entire medieval towns while residents slept.

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