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...and foreign activists were detained. Several demonstrations have been scheduled in Rome and L'Aquila, the quake-shattered central Italian town that is hosting the three-day summit opening Wednesday. Critics of the G-8 have also vowed to...

In this article: Italy, Coal, L'Aquila, Barack Obama, Climate change, Enel, Oxfam International, and Greenpeace

...the planet. Obama and the leaders of seven other industrialized nations had meetings set at the picturesque L'Aquila, northeast of Rome, before they were to widen their circle to include fast-growing countries like China and India, and...

In this article: Barack Obama, Robert Gibbs, L'Aquila, Giorgio Napolitano, Climate change, United States, and Global warming

...but refused a UN appeal to put a price tag on funding. The three-day UN food summit in Rome pledged to substantially increase aid to agriculture in developing nations. In effect, the 192 countries were endorsing the strategy adopted...

In this article: UN and L'Aquila

...posed her way through a G-20 gathering in London and a G-8 meeting in L'Aquila. In Italy, in July, the spouses attended a luncheon at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. They toured the ruins of the earthquake that devastated the medieval town of...

In this article: Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Julia Child, Pittsburgh, Donald Regan, Nancy Reagan, and Joachim Sauer

...for food security Governments at the world summit on food security at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome last week took few of the required steps to respond to rising hunger (World leaders agree to...

In this article: FAO, Climate change, and L'Aquila

...for Australia. Mr Rudd and President Obama stood at adjoining podiums after the summit in the earthquake ravaged town of L'Aquila, north of Rome, the President to brief the world leaders and media on the limited progress made in the talks...

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...he had declared a state of emergency. L'Aquila, capital of Abruzzo region, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Rome, bore the brunt of the quake which struck just after 3:30 am (0130 GMT). The epicentre of the quake, which was also...

In this article: L'Aquila, Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, Marche, and Abruzzo

...interview late Monday, according to Bloomberg News. The 6.3 magnitude quake struck at 3:32 a.m. local time near L'Aquila, a city of 70,000 east of Rome, Bloomberg reported. In addition, as many as 50,000 of the province's 300,000...

In this article: Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, L'Aquila, U.S. Geological Survey, and Pope Benedict XVI

...check on progress. He also has held several Cabinet meetings in the city to stress his concern, and shifted this year's Group of Eight summit from Sardinia to L'Aquila to save money and show support for the quake victims. On Tuesday, he...

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