Apr 12th, 2009 - Telegraph
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As the death toll from the disaster reached 294, priests held Mass in the camps which have been set up by emergency services around the shattered city of L'Aquila and surrounding villages for nearly 40,000 homeless people.
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2:05Italian earthquake survivors speak of 'hell' - 8 April 09
The death toll from the earthquake in the village of L'Aquila in Italy has risen above 270 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble. Tent cities have been constructed to house some of the 28000 people made homeless by the disaster. Nazanine Moshiri reports from L'Aquila.
1:38Italian earthquake survivors in tent cities
Thousands of stunned earthquake survivors are camped out in makeshift tent cities outside the Italian city of L'Aquila, their homes destroyed or too dangerous to return to after the disaster.
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