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Sat 04 Apr 2007Virginia Tech and state fall silent at noonUS:Everything went silent at Virginia Tech and across the state of Virginia at noon yesterday as mourners stood to remember the victims of Monday's campus massacre.At the university, a bell tolled in memory of the dead; throughout the state people wore the college colours of burgundy and orange as they observed an official day of mourning.