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Emergency workers are continuing to work their way through the ruins of a school in southern Italy which collapsed in an earthquake, but correspondents say they do not expect to find anyone alive. Three bodies are believed to remain under the rubble in San Giuliano di Puglia, more than 24 hours after the earthquake which was the worst to hit Italy for five years. At least 26 children - including an entire class of six-year-olds - and two women are now known to have died. Correspondents say the village has been stunned by the tragedy, but angry questions are...

ROME (AP) _ A strong earthquake rocked central and southern Italy on Thursday, trapping about 50 children in a school after the building's roof collapsed. It was not immediately clear if the children, reportedly between the ages of 3 and 6 years old, were injured. The ANSA news agency quoted police as saying none were dead. ANSA and the AGI agency said firefighters rushed to the scene and pulled five children out of the rubble alive, but ANSA later said none had been rescued. The quake had a 5.4 magnitude, said Marco Ludovici, an official with the Civil Defense...