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by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:31

Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday that around 1,500 people were injured in the L'Aquila earthquake that killed at least 92.''At the moment 4,000 rescuers…

QUAKE: Children need special help to overcome trauma

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:23

Children will need special help to psychologically overcome the trauma from the destructive earthquake which rocked the central region of Abruzzo in the early…

QUAKE: World sends condolences

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:10

Condolences and offers of help arrived in Italy Monday from around the world following the L'Aquila earthquake that killed at least 92 people.The European…

QUAKE: More than 50 dead

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 06:57

At least 50 people including five children were killed in a large earthquake that hit the city of L'Aquila and neighbouring towns east of Rome early Monday,…

QUAKE: Toll up to 40

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 06:44

At least 40 people including five children were killed in a large earthquake that hit the city of L'Aquila and neighbouring towns east of Rome early Monday,…

QUAKE: Pope prays, 'in particular for children'

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 06:37

Pope Benedict XVI said he was praying for the victims of the earthquake that hit the city of L'Aquila while it slept Monday.''''I am praying for the victims…

QUAKE: Quake hits L'Aquila

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 05:50

A large earthquake hit the medieval city of L'Aquila east of Rome Monday killing at least 27 people and destroying homes, churches and other buildings.Many…

Anti-globalisation activists to stage naval siege of G8

by ITALY | Fri, 04/03/2009 - 03:49

Anti-globalisation activists will lay siege to the Sardinian island of La Maddalena when it hosts the Group of Eight (G8) summit in July, a top Italian…

Safari park offers home to Swiss hippo calf

by ITALY | Thu, 04/02/2009 - 04:07

A zoo in Abruzzo on Wednesday offered to adopt a hippopotamus calf born in Switzerland's Basel Zoo who grabbed headlines worldwide after reports surfaced that…

Two quakes jolt L'Aquila

by ITALY | Tue, 03/31/2009 - 03:31

Two minor quakes jolted the central Italian province of L'Aquila on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.Officials said the…