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Deadly earthquake hits Italy

Updated 8:20 AM EDT, Wed May 30, 2012
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A car is crushed by falling rubble from a building in Carvezzo, Italy following the 5.8-magnitude earthquake on May 29, 2012.
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A car is crushed by falling rubble from a building in Carvezzo, Italy following the 5.8-magnitude earthquake on May 29, 2012.
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A building's roof collapsed after the earthquake in Cavezzo, Italy, where eyewitnesses say about 70% of the town was destroyed.
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A building's roof collapsed after the earthquake in Cavezzo, Italy, where eyewitnesses say about 70% of the town was destroyed.
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Elderly people walk in a temprorary emergency camp after the earthquake in Mirandola; the government declared a state of emergency in the quake area.
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Elderly people walk in a temprorary emergency camp after the earthquake in Mirandola; the government declared a state of emergency in the quake area.
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Local people wake up after sleeping in a park early on May 30, 2012 in Crevalcore. Dozens of aftershocks hit northeastern Italy overnight as thousands of jittery survivors spent the night in tents.
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Local people wake up after sleeping in a park early on May 30, 2012 in Crevalcore. Dozens of aftershocks hit northeastern Italy overnight as thousands of jittery survivors spent the night in tents.
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This tower collapsed in the quake on May 29, 2012. The earthquake rocked northeastern Italy just days after another quake in the same region.
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This tower collapsed in the quake on May 29, 2012. The earthquake rocked northeastern Italy just days after another quake in the same region.
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Fallen buildings fill the street in Mirandola; one of the towns closest to the quake's epicentre and an area that eyewitnesses say was most heavily damaged.
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Fallen buildings fill the street in Mirandola; one of the towns closest to the quake's epicentre and an area that eyewitnesses say was most heavily damaged.
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A distraught woman is comforted by policemen after the earthquake, which has killed at least 17 people.
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A distraught woman is comforted by policemen after the earthquake, which has killed at least 17 people.
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The cathedral of Mirandola is badly damaged, with large parts of it scattered across the ground. Police tape is strung across several areas of the town to prevent more casualties.
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The cathedral of Mirandola is badly damaged, with large parts of it scattered across the ground. Police tape is strung across several areas of the town to prevent more casualties.
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Personal belongings from a collapsed building are strewn across a street in Cavezzo, where eyewitnesses say about 70% of the town was destroyed.
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Personal belongings from a collapsed building are strewn across a street in Cavezzo, where eyewitnesses say about 70% of the town was destroyed.
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Rescue workers give medical help to one of the 200 people injured in the quake.
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Rescue workers give medical help to one of the 200 people injured in the quake.
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Long cracks caused by the quake stretch across the dome of the basilica of St. Anthony in Padua.
Deadly earthquake hits Italy —
Long cracks caused by the quake stretch across the dome of the basilica of St. Anthony in Padua.
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Hundreds of blocks of cheese fell on top of one another at a parmigiano factory in San Giovanni, Parsiceto. The owner of the factory surveys the damage on May 21, 2012, following an earlier quake.
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Hundreds of blocks of cheese fell on top of one another at a parmigiano factory in San Giovanni, Parsiceto. The owner of the factory surveys the damage on May 21, 2012, following an earlier quake.
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