DOZENS KILLED IN ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE

State forestry service photo of rescue workers pulling survivor from rubbleAt least 73 people have been killed in an earthquake that hit a mountainous area of central Italy, authorities say.
The magnitude 6.2 quake struck at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome, not far from Perugia.
Many of the dead were in Accumoli, close to the epicentre, and a short distance away in Amatrice, where three-quarters of houses were destroyed.
Many people are still believed buried under the rubble, and the death toll is expected to rise.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi paid tribute to the volunteers and civil defence officials who had rushed to the scene in the middle of the night and used their bare hands to dig for survivors.A man wrapped in blanket looks on as a rescuer with a dog stand in front a collapsed house

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