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…
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Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:41
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…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:34
All of L'Aquila's artistic heritage suffered serious damage in Monday's earthquake, the Abruzzo regional culture department said Wednesday.Specialist…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 09:38
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…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 09:30
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…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 09:22
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…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 09:18
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…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 09:13
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…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 06:39
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…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 06:26
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…
Wed, 04/08/2009 - 05:17
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,…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 11:37
The Terme di Caracalla archeological site in Rome was not damaged by Monday's earthquake in central Italy, Culture Undersecretary Francesco Giro said…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 11:32
Italy may accept help from the United States following the L'Aquila earthquake, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday.After initially turning down of…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 11:27
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…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 10:01
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…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:56
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…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:53
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…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:43
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…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:35
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…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:27
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…