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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 07 > Frantic search for survivors under way after Italy quake

Frantic search for survivors under way after Italy quake

At least 150 killed in magnitude 6.3 temblor, and that’s likely to rise

By Marta Falconi / The Bulletin
April 7, 2009

L’AQUILA, Italy — Rescue workers using bare hands and buckets searched frantically for students believed buried in a wrecked dormitory after Italy’s deadliest quake in nearly three decades struck this medieval city before dawn Monday, killing more than 150 people,....

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