Topic: L'Aquila
AP News | 2009-10-19 13:20:22
Prosecutors put 12 people under investigation in quake-triggered collapse of Italian dorm
Prosecutors said Monday they have placed 12 people under investigation over the collapse of a university dormitory that came to symbolize the shoddy construction blamed for so many deaths in Italy's April 6 earthquake. Eight students died inside the dorm, and the building became a focal point ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-10-04 20:00:22
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited landslide survivors in Sicily on Sunday as bulldozers dug for bodies in the devastated area where at least 22 people were killed last week. Berlusconi said during his visit to Messina on the island's east that those affected by the landslide that also left 35 people missing would be exempt from taxes. "We ...
European Pressphoto Agency | 2009-09-29 16:36:21
epa01879818 A couple Bazzano citizens pose in the balcony of their new inhabitation during the official ceremony of the reconstruction in Bazzano, Aquila district, Italy on 29 September 2009. Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said on 29 September that the ...
Zumapress | 2009-09-24 15:17:13
Sep 07, 2009 - L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy - Temporary shelters & tents are dismantled in L'Aquila. On April 6, 2009 an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck central Italy with its epicentre near L'Aquila. Many buildings in L'Aquila were damaged. Italian media reports confirmed that many historic buildings collapsed in the centre of the city, and at least 294 deaths, 1,500 injuries, and 40,000 homeless have been reported. There were many students trapped in a partially collapsed dormitory. The April 6 earthquake was felt throughout Abruzzo; as far away as Rome, other parts of Lazio, Marche, Molise, Umbria, and Campania.
