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L’Aquila post-earthquake: wheelbarrow people clean up themselves

('Alexandra Baxter',) — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:11:20 -0000

308 victims died in the 6 April 2009 earthquake. Over a year on, reconstruction of the capital of the Abruzzo region is slow. One citizens’ movement is defying politics and criticising the dilapidated state of the town’s historic centre; the story has even hit this year's Cannes film festival. Sabina Guzzanti's documentary received a standing ovation

Haiti earthquake survivors land in Paris

('Sofia Verzbolovskis',) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:06:59 -0000

The first wave of survivors from Port au Prince landed at Paris Orly airport on 18 January, while hundreds of other flights are expected over the next few days. The earthquake that has destroyed Haiti’s capital has exacerbated the already appalling economic and political conditions that have marked the island over the past years - from the riotous overthrow of president Aristide in 2004 to the collapse of the government, lack of healthcare, string of hurricanes, and the enduring, rampant poverty

G8 summit: amid the ruins of L'Aquila earthquake

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0000

Three months after the earthquake that struck the capital of the Abruzzo region, the G8 summit will have a powerful effect on an exhausted people, tens of thousands of whom are still waiting to return home