L'Aquila
An Italian appeals court overturns the convictions of six scientists accused of not warning people about an earthquake
An Italian appeals court has tossed out most of the convictions in the case involving earthquake scientists and a public official in L’Aquila, Italy. They had earlier been found guilty of failing to warn the public about risks right before a deadly quake hit, killing more than 300 people.
G-8 summit moved to devastated Italian town
This summer’s meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations was supposed to be held on the picturesque Italian island of La Maddalena. But Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has decided to move the G-8 summit to L’Aquila. That’s the mountain town which was devastated by an earthquake last month. The quake left nearly […]