At least 150 killed in Italian earthquake, officials say CNN International
L'AQUILA, Italy (CNN) — Rescuers worked into the early morning hours Tuesday in hopes of finding survivors of a powerful earthquake that ripped through Italy's mountainous Abruzzo region, killing scores of people and leaving tens of thousands homeless …
Italy's history of deadly earthquakes Times Online
Scientists blame Italy's tragic history of earth tremors on the fact that the country lies directly over the Eurasian and African faultlines, where the borders of two tectonic plates move together and apart. This also accounts for Italy's relatively …
 Quake survivors take refuge Aljazeera.net
Thousands of people have spent the night in tents, makeshift shelters and cars amid cold, driving rain in central Italy, after an earthquake killed 150 others. The search for survivors is continuing, with at least 100 people being pulled from the …
Temblor in Italy Takes Heavy Toll Washington Post
By Katia Dolmadjian L'AQUILA, Italy, April 6 — L'Aquila, close to the epicenter of Monday's deadly earthquake in central Italy, was a ghost town as the sun began to set, with few residents willing or able to spend the night at home. …
Italian earthquake: desperate search for survivors Telegraph.co.uk
Working in almost total silence and using nothing but their bare hands to clear rubble, rescuers in Italy were engaged in a desperate race to save dozens of people thought to be buried alive after an earthquake which killed at least 150. …
 Italian earthquake: Death toll rises to 179 Telegraph.co.uk
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that rocked central Italy early on Monday morning has risen to 179, with scores of people reported missing and 1500 injured, according to rescue workers. By Richard Holt and Gordon Rayner Photo: AP The new …
New York Italian-Americans Move to Aid Quake Victims New York Times
By KIRK SEMPLE and SEWELL CHAN On Monday, as he organized a fund-raising effort for the victims of the earthquake that struck central Italy earlier in the day, Steve Acunto, an honorary Italian vice consul in the New York region, paused briefly to …
Did scientist predict Italy quake? Los Angeles Times
Giampaolo Giuliani gave warnings, but researchers wonder whether it was a fluke. The radon gas method he used has been unreliable, they say. By Jia-Rui Chong More than a week ago, a scientist little known in earthquake circles made a bold prediction of …
Mexico expresses condolences to Italy over deadly earthquake Xinhua
MEXICO CITY, April 6 (Xinhua) — The Mexican government on Monday expressed its solidarity with and condolences to the Italian government and people after a deadly earthquake hit central Italy. "Mexico wishes to send a message of solidarity to the …
 Tens of Thousands Homeless in Italy Quake Voice of America
By VOA News Tens of thousands of Italians are homeless after a powerful earthquake destroyed much of the historic central town of L'Aquila. The death toll was at 150 Monday with 1500 injured. Damage is reported as far away as Rome, about 100 kilometers …
 In pictures: Italy earthquake BBC News
Emergency services in central Italy have been working through the night to help tens of thousands of people left homeless by Monday's devastating earthquake. Work went on under floodlights to reach survivors in collapsed buildings in the medieval city …
Italian earthquake: Thousands spend the night in shelters Telegraph.co.uk
Tens of thousands of Italians whose homes have been destroyed or left too unstable for habitation following a powerful earthquake have been forced to spend the night in crowded shelters and hastily-built tent cities. By Richard Holt and Gordon Rayner …
 Italy earthquake toll rises Aljazeera.net
The toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy has risen to at least 150 people and is likely to rise further as rescuers scramble in the dark to find survivors. Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister who flew to the disaster zone on …
Rescuers hunt all night for Italy quake survivors Reuters
By Deepa Babington L'AQUILA, Italy, April 7 (Reuters) – Rescuers searched through the night for survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 130 people in central Italy early on Monday and left thousands of homeless huddled in tent camps and rough …
 Italy digs out earthquake dead in grim ritual of disaster guardian.co.uk –
Rescue workers pull an injured woman from her house in Onna, one of the towns severely aff ected by yesterday’s earthquake. Photograph: Massimiliano Schiazza/EPA There were twelve of them. Four of the bodies were in shiny new coffins. …
Shaken Italy quake survivors huddle in tents, cars Reuters –
By Deepa Babington L'AQUILA, Italy, April 6 (Reuters) – Wrapped in blankets, hundreds of weary survivors in the Italian mountain city of L'Aquila huddled in tents or cars on Monday, their first night since a deadly earthquake forced them to flee their …
Italian officials reject claims of early earthquake warning guardian.co.uk
The Italian government downplayed claims yesterday it had been warned several weeks ago of a major earthquake about to strike the Abruzzo region. Giampaolo Giuliani, a researcher at the National Physical Laboratory of Gran Sasso, raised the alarm last …
Italy earthquake: the university town of L'Aquila guardian.co.uk –
Centred in what is probably the last wilderness in Italy, L'Aquila was the kind of place that visitors from abroad dream of finding. Unknown outside of the country until today, this university town had none of the crowds associated with other Italian …
Italian Quake Rescuers Race to Find Survivors, Provide Shelter Bloomberg –
By Steve Scherer and Flavia Rotondi April 7 (Bloomberg) — Rescue workers struggled to find survivors and help thousands without shelter after Italy’s deadliest earthquake in almost three decades killed at least 150 and devastated the central region of …
Italy Earthquake Rattles Local Students, Companies WMUR –
L'AQUILA, Italy — New Hampshire college students studying in Italy reflected on how they survived the country's deadliest earthquake in nearly three decades. Rescue crews in Italy worked frantically through the night to find survivors Monday evening. …
UPI NewsTrack TopNews United Press International
ROME, April 6 (UPI) — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Monday 150 people have been killed by an earthquake in L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, and neighboring towns. Italian Police Chief Antonio Manganelli said the 6.3-magnitude quake …
UN chief voices sorrow over deadly earthquake Xinhua
UNITED NATIONS, April 6 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday expressed his sadness over the heavy loss of life in this morning's earthquake in central Italy, with the United Nations having alerted the European nation's government that it …
Israeli missing in Italy quake zone Ha'aretz
By Asaf Uni and Jack Khoury L'AQUILA, Italy – Following the devastating earthquake Italy suffered yesterday, family members here grew increasingly worried last night about the fate of Hussein Hamada, 22, of the Galilee village of Kabul, …
 Italian earthquake: nothing to see but devastation in L'Aquila Times Online
“It was like a giant hammer underneath the ground, thumping beneath us – boom, boom, boom.” Ana Sarasan, a care worker, held her hand to her heart as if reliving the monstrous thuds that jolted her awake just after 3.30am. “I don’t know where to go,” …
Ukrainian president, PM send condolences over Italian earthquake Xinhua
KIEV, April 6 (Xinhua) — Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday respectively sent letters of condolence to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi following a deadly …
Students React to Italian Earthquake The Emory Wheel
By Matthew Tamul Posted: 04/06/2009 At 3:30 yesterday morning, Goizueta Business School junior Michael Guardalabene woke up to a trembling room and the sounds of pictures falling from their wall hangings in his dorm room in Rome, Italy. …
Eyewitnesses: Italy earthquake BBC News
A powerful earthquake has struck the central Italian city of L'Aquila, killing dozens of people. Here witnesses describe what happened. I was in my living room on the couch, sleeping, when I heard the first sounds, the first tremors coming at 11 …
 Italy earthquake leaves 150 dead and scores more trapped under rubble guardian.co.uk
Rescuers in central Italy continued working through the night to free hundreds of people feared trapped under rubble, after the deadliest earthquake to strike the country in three decades caused widespread destruction across the mountainous region of …
 Italy hunts for quake survivors BBC News
A desperate search for survivors is on in and around the Italian city of L'Aquila after a quake killed, Italian media say, at least 150 people. Some 5000 rescuers are picking through rubble in the walled medieval city and nearby towns and villages, …
 AP Top News at 1:17 am EDT The Associated Press
L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) — Rescue workers using bare hands and buckets searched frantically for students believed buried in a wrecked dormitory after Italy's deadliest quake in nearly three decades struck this medieval city before dawn Monday, killing more …
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