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Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 535.
Earlier U.N. figures that put the death toll at 1,100 were just estimates, said El-Mostafa Benlamlih, a U.N. humanitarian coordinator.
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI greets earthquake survivors during his visit to a tent-camp in the earthquake-ravaged area, in Onna, central Italy, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Benedict XVI visited...
