Place: San Giuliano di Puglia

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Negligence probe over Italy quake death toll

Italian authorities are vowing to investigate whether negligence or fraud in adhering to building codes played a role in the high death toll in last week’s earthquake.

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Investigators probe quake tragedy school

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Aftershock hits quake tragedy village

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Quake tragedy village rocked again

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Italy quake area hit by aftershocks

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Parents wail as Italy buries its children

Children laid to rest after Italian earthquake

A mass funeral has been held in Italy for the victims - most of them children - of Thursday's earthquake.

Sun, 03 Nov, 2002

Distraught village plans funeral for quake victims

Authorities in Italy working through seismic aftershocks today made final preparations for a mass funeral for 29 victims of Thursday's earthquake.

Sun, 03 Nov, 2002

Prosecutors investigate school collapse

Prosecutors arrived in abandoned San Giuliano di Puglia today to start an investigation into whether anyone was to blame for the deaths of 26 children buried under their school in an earthquake.

Sat, 02 Nov, 2002

Italy: Residents evacuated from quake-hit town

A number of the child victims of Thursday's earthquake in San Giuliano di Puglia in southern Italy have had to be buried in adult coffins, because the town has run out of small, white ones.

Sat, 02 Nov, 2002

Hope of finding more quake survivors begins to fade

HOPES faded yesterday that anyone else would be rescued from an Italian school knocked down

Sat, 02 Nov, 2002

Emergency crews pull out last bodies

Emergency crews today pulled the last bodies from the rubble of a Italian school destroyed by an earthquake that killed 29 people, wiping out an entire class.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2002

Powerful tremors shake Italy again

Several strong tremors shook the Italian town of San Giuliano Di Puglia today where 28 people, mostly schoolchildren, were killed by a powerful earthquake yesterday.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2002

Emergency crews pull boy form quake rubble

Italian emergency crews clawing through the rubble of a school pulled a boy alive from the wreckage today, almost 24 hours after an earthquake collapsed the building during a Halloween party.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2002

Rescuers battle on as quake toll hits 23

Italian rescuers today frantically hunted for survivors of an earthquake which killed at least 23 people, including 20 children crushed when their school collapsed.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2002

Rescuers battle through night searching for quake victims

Emergency crews in Italy are still clawing through the remains of a nursery school levelled by an earthquake to find buried children.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2002

At least seven die as earthquake strikes Italy

ITALIAN parents screamed frantically last night as they listened to groans from their dying children buried under tons of concrete after an earthquake brought their nursery school crashing down.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2002

Groans audible as rescue continues

Groans from dying Italian children could be heard tonight from beneath tons of concrete after an earthquake brought their nursery school crashing down on top of them.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2002

Italy: At least four children killed in quake

At least four children were reported to have been killed in southern Italy today when an earthquake brought their nursery school roof down on top of them.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2002

Nursery children feared dead in Italian quake

Several children were feared dead in southern Italy today when an earthquake brought their nursery school roof down on top of them.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2002