Quake: 179 dead, search continues

Updated on 07 April 2009

By Andrew Thomas

Local emergency services are joined by teams from all over Italy, hopeful that survivors may yet be pulled from the rubble of yesterday's earthquake.

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The rescue mission in Italy's worst earthquake for 30 years continues, with 179 people now confirmed dead and more than 1,500 injured.

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