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Monday, April 13, 2009

Italy quake survivors mark Easter

Hundreds of people made homeless by Monday's earthquake in the Italian city of L'Aquila have attended Easter Mass.Survivors used a makeshift altar in a giant tent. Similar services are being held in many surrounding villages.Some 20,000 people are living in camps in the Abruzzo region, where Monday's quake killed at least 294 people.Pope Benedict XVI sent out greetings to those "suffering from the earthquake" when he celebrated Easter Mass on St Peter's Square in the Vatican.He also delivered his main "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) blessing.

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