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Moore said the U.S. government hopes "that the summit will endorse the set of activities that have taken place to date, in particular at the L'Aquila Summit, the Pittsburgh G20 Summit" and other events, as a way to combat food insecurity worldwide. The Group of Eight's Food Security Initiative, launched in July at the L'Aquila Summit in Italy, aims to provide about $20 billion over three years for long-term farming investment. In a statement, the G8 pledged to "take decisive action to free humankind from hunger and poverty through improving food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture"

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"Our goal is to get recognition by Unesco," said Pierluigi Imperiale, a veterinarian and L'Aquila native who founded Tracturo 3000.

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"I'm fighting to stop people from leaving L'Aquila definitively," said Stefania Pezzopane, the president of Abruzzo Province.

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"Let's Kill Berlusconi", would be reported to the judiciary. On Thursday more than 17,000 members were registered to the group which appears on the Facebook category "Just for Fun - Outlandish Statements". "I believe that not one country in the world exists where someone can write 'let's kill the premier' on a website," Maroni said, speaking at a press conference in the central city of L'Aquila.

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Mr Vernola said that when he asked Mr Berlusconi why he had been dropped, the Prime Minister, who was in L'Aquila dealing with the aftermath of the April 6 earthquake, told him: "I want a revolution. I want to put forward young men and women as candidates. "

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"There are many obstacles in the way. And as I said recently in L'Aquila at the G8-plus meeting in Italy, our negotiators worldwide are going to need fresh political momentum, a fresh mandate, in order to land an outcome in Copenhagen," he said.

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"Our team is working with members of Congress every day on this issue, and it is my highest legislative priority over the next month," the president said when asked about health care during a news conference on July 10 in L'Aquila, Italy.

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"Therefore, we are not deeply concerned," Mukherjee maintained, in the first public remarks by the Indian government on the G8 declaration Friday at the conclusion of its L'Aquila summit "to curb transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology" to countries that have not signed the NPT. "To reduce the proliferation risks associated with the spread of enrichment and reprocessing facilities, equipment and technology, we welcome the progress that continues to be made by the NSG on mechanisms to strengthen controls on transfers of such enrichment and reprocessing items and technology,"

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It said the leaders "welcomed commitments made by countries represented at L'Aquila toward a goal of mobilizing $20 billion over three years. "

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"It's unrealistic to think every aspect of the negotiations is going to be public," said Senate Assistant Majority Leader Richard Durbin, D-Ill. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, traveling with Obama in L'Aquila, Italy, said Thursday that "this president has demonstrated more transparency than any president."

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