Deadly Earthquake Rocks Italy

Italy Earthquake L'Aquila central italy rome
Danilo Balducci / Sintesi / Sipa

Victim
Rescue workers carry a body from the rubbles of a building in the town center. The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose to at least 260 on Wednesday and aftershocks hampered the race to dig possible survivors out of the debris.

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