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by ITALY | Tue, 04/07/2009 - 05:13

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 Tuesday.…

QUAKE: Minute's silence at un

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 11:58

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 of the…

QUAKE: Sniffer dogs to help rescue workers in quake-hit area

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 11:40

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 on Monday…

QUAKE: 'Horrible' scene says Police Chief

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 11:25

The powerful earthquake that hit the central Italian Abruzzo region early Monday left a ''horrible scene of death and destruction,'' Italian Police Chief…

QUAKE: Aftershocks every 3-5 minutes

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:56

Aftershocks from the strong earthquake which rocked the central region of Abruzzo early Monday morning continue to take place at intervals of between three and…

QUAKE: 92 dead, 1,500 injured

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:33

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 biggest…

QUAKE: Priority is relief effort, Premier says

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:23

Premier Silvio Berlusconi told Italians on Monday the country needed to focus on helping L'Aquila and worry about the possibility of forecasting quakes once…

QUAKE: Italy to seek special EU funds

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:15

Italy will formally ask to benefit from a special European Union fund earmarked for the consequences of natural disasters, Italy's permanent representative to…

QUAKE: No possibility of forecasting quake, civil protection chief

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

There was no possibility of forecasting the quake which hit L'Aquila on Monday, killing at least 92 people, Civil Protection chief Guido Bertolaso told a news…

QUAKE: Magnitude 6.2

by ITALY | Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:37

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 longer widely…