A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

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				A man reacts as he awaits news about his son trapped
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				A woman reacts following an earthquake aftershock
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				Women carry a painting recovered from a house
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<p>Women carry a painting recovered from a house by firefighters, a day after an earthquake struck the Italian village of Onna April 7, 2009. The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose to 207 on Tuesday and aftershocks hampered the race to dig possible survivors out of the debris. Rescuers worked under floodlights through the night and thousands of people whose homes were wrecked sheltered in tents and cars. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)</p>


After the quake

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