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Two looters who stole 80,000 euros worth of good from homes in the quake-stricken town of Onna were nabbed by police on Wednesday.The two unidentified…
It will take up to two months to estimate the full scale of damage caused by the quake which rocked the central city of L'Aquila and surroundings, Pre…
All of L'Aquila's artistic heritage suffered serious damage in Monday's earthquake, the Abruzzo regional culture department said Wednesday.Specialist…
The Italian national soccer team will play its next match in Abruzzo to support relief efforts for the quake-hit region, the Italian Soccer Federation…
Relief workers have installed 31 field camps to house survivors of the quake which hit Italy's central Abruzzo region on Monday, Premier Silvio Berlus…
At least 260 people including 16 children have died in the L'Aquila earthquake, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday.He said the 8,500-str…
Mafia bosses were among prisoners in L'Aquila's top-security jail transferred to other facilities in the early hours of Wednesday as aftershocks from…
Pop queen Madonna has made a substantial donation to the quake-stricken central Italian city where her roots lie.Madonna, 50, whose birth name is Mado…
The archbishop of L'Aquila, Msgr Giuseppe Molinari, has thanked Pope Benedict XVI for his announced intention to visit the region struck by Monday's d…
Pope Benedict XVI intends to visit the region of Abruzzo as soon as possible to offer his comfort to the survivors of this week's devastating earthqua…
The official death toll from Monday's devastating earthquake in Italy's central Abruzzo region has risen to 250, with 11 people still unaccounted for,…
The Terme di Caracalla archeological site in Rome was not damaged by Monday's earthquake in central Italy, Culture Undersecretary Francesco Giro said…
Italy may accept help from the United States following the L'Aquila earthquake, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday.After initially turning down of…
The Vatican has sent an eight-man squad from its fire brigade to help with rescue efforts in the central Italian region of Abruzzo following Monday's…
Rescue teams are searching for 15 missing people in the ruins of this 13th-century city hit by an earthquake Monday, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi…
The intensity of the earthquake which rocked the central Italian region of Abruzzo was determined by the fact that the movement in the fault which cau…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday he would like to construct a 'new town' near L'Aquila, the Abruzzo capital devastated by Monday's earth…
The death toll from Monday's quake in L'Aquila has risen to 207 and rescue services have set a 48-hour deadline for locating the remaining six missing…
A 98-year-old grandmother rescued 30 hours after Monday's earthquake in Abruzzo said she had whiled away the time ''crocheting'' amid the rubble.Firem…
Public sector offices and a museum in Rome were evacuated Tuesday after a strong aftershock from the L'Aquila earthquake was felt in the capital.A ten…