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World leaders arrive for G-8 quake zone summit

Leaders of the world's most powerful economies were meeting Wednesday in the center of an Italian earthquake zone for a summit that, despite an agenda tackling the global financial crisis, world poverty and climate change, is not expected to produce seismic results.

Pope visits Italian quake zone

Pope Benedict XVI met with survivors and offered prayers Tuesday as he visited towns hit hard in this month's Italian earthquake.

Pope to visit Italian earthquake zone

Pope Benedict XVI will visit the earthquake-ravaged town of L'Aquila on April 28 -- three weeks after the disaster struck -- the Vatican said Saturday.

Survivors of deadly Italian quake mark somber Easter

Mass in a tent village. Handouts of donated chocolate Easter eggs, and a holiday lunch consisting of aid food.

Italian rescue teams end search for possible quake survivor

Authorities on Saturday ended a rescue operation at a site thought to hold a survivor from this week's earthquake, the L'Aquila fire brigade told CNN.

Apparent sign of life, four days after Italy quake

Rescue workers believe they may have located an earthquake survivor on Friday, four days after the quake struck the region and killed 287 people, representatives of the L'Aquila fire department said Friday.

Thousands mourn Italian quake victims

The youngest hadn't lived half a year. The oldest had lived nearly a hundred.

Hopes fade of finding more quake survivors

Thursday brought no respite from grief in central Italy, where the toll from Monday morning's earthquake continued to rise and search teams said they did not expect to find any more victims alive.

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