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Monday's earthquake in the central region of Abruzzo was in part due to the fact that Italy is getting wider, a French expert said on Tuesday.''Italy…
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni on Tuesday said that a total of 130 million euros has been earmarked for his ministry's role over the next six months…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi flew back to the disaster-struck region of Abruzzo on Tuesday for a first-hand look at rescue efforts together with…
Aftershocks on Tuesday continued to cause panic in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila and neighbouring towns more than 32 hours after an earthquake that has…
Italian soccer will mourn the victims of the L'Aquila earthquake with all players in Serie A and B and other levels turning out in black arm-bands for…
The earthquake that hit the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila Monday killed at least 179 people, injured 1,500 and left 17,000 homeless, rescue services said T…
The head of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday asked for a minute's silence ahead of the day's session in memory of the dozens of victims o…
Thirty-one sniffer dogs have been brought in to help rescue workers digging through the rubble in quake-hit L'Aquila, civil protection officials said…
The powerful earthquake that hit the central Italian Abruzzo region early Monday left a ''horrible scene of death and destruction,'' Italian Police Ch…
Aftershocks from the strong earthquake which rocked the central region of Abruzzo early Monday morning continue to take place at intervals of between…
Monday's earthquake in central Italy left 92 dead, 1,500 injured and some 70,000 homeless, officials said twelve hours after the disaster, Italy's big…
Premier Silvio Berlusconi told Italians on Monday the country needed to focus on helping L'Aquila and worry about the possibility of forecasting quake…
Italy will formally ask to benefit from a special European Union fund earmarked for the consequences of natural disasters, Italy's permanent represent…
There was no possibility of forecasting the quake which hit L'Aquila on Monday, killing at least 92 people, Civil Protection chief Guido Bertolaso tol…
The quake that rocked central Italy Monday was magnitude 6.2 on today's generally used MMS scale, compared to 5.8 on the Richter scale that is no long…
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 r…
Children will need special help to psychologically overcome the trauma from the destructive earthquake which rocked the central region of Abruzzo in t…
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 Euro…
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 M…
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 M…