Apr 18th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
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Pope Benedict is to visit the site of the earthquake in central Italy which claimed 295 lives and made at least 50,000 homeless, the Vatican says.
Travelling to the Abruzzo region by helicopter on 28 April, he will see the extent of the destruction from the air.
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