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London, July 11 (ANI): French First lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy gave glimpse of her philanthropist side as she pledged a personal donation of a whopping 43,000 pounds to a hospital treating survivors of earthquake- ravaged town of L’Aquila.

The former model-singer visited the earthquake-hit region a day after the wives of other leaders participating in the [...]

L’Aquila (Italy), July 9 (ANI): Leaders of the Group of Five emerging countries — Brazil, India, China, Mexico and South Africa — met on the sidelines of G-8 Summit on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and South African President Kgalema Motlanthe met in the talian [...]

London, Jul 4 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has been going through a divorce, has decided to solve the problem of not having a First Lady to play host to other leaders’ spouses by appointing a former topless model to play the part.

Former calendar girl Mara Carfagna, who is now Italy’s Equal Opportunities [...]

L’AQUILA (Reuters) – Fabio De Felice did not want to leave his frightened grandmother alone after a day of tremors shook her house in Onna, an ancient village of 300 people in central Italy.
But those tremors turned out to be forewarnings of the country’s deadliest earthquake in nearly 30 years.
De Felice, 21, was killed with [...]

L’AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) – Italy’s billionaire prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, Friday offered to put up in his own homes some of the thousands of people made homeless by this week’s earthquake.
“I will do what I can too, by offering some of my houses,” the 72-year-old media mogul told reporters after a state funeral for the [...]

ROME (Reuters) – Pope Benedict reflected on the tragedies and disasters that test faith during a Good Friday procession in Rome, just hours after Italians buried victims of the country’s devastating earthquake.
The pontiff offered a special prayer for survivors of Monday’s quake, asking that they find hope, despite a disaster that killed at least 289 [...]

Washington – President Barack Obama said the United States was ready to help the more than 200 victims of a devastating earthquake in the heart of Italy and offered his condolences in a telephone call Tuesday with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
The Italian people and victims “are in the thoughts and prayers of the [...]

L’Aquila (Italy), Apr.8 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has advised traumatised earthquake survivors to view living in emergency tent accommodation as like being on a “camping weekend”.
His statement is unlikely to go down well with an estimated 17,000 people who have been made homeless by the powerful earthquake which struck the Abruzzo region of [...]

Geneva – The World Health Organization said Tuesday that developed nations should not be lax in taking steps to make sure their hospitals are safe in times of emergencies, particularly in light of the earthquake in Italy.
United Nations agencies noted that a hospital in the medieval town of L’Aquila had to be evacuated owing [...]

Washington – The United States will make emergency relief funds available to Italy as the death toll rose from an early morning earthquake in central Italy, a US official said Monday.
The amount of 50,000 dollars would be processed through the US embassy in Rome to help after the quake killed more than 150 people [...]

The earthquake in central Italy on Monday has badly damaged several historic churches and other heritage sites, the Culture Ministry said.
At least four Romanesque and Renaissance churches and a 16th century castle were partially destroyed by the quake centred in the medieval city of L’Aquila, the ministry said.
Part of the nave of the Basilica of [...]

L’Aquila (Italy), Apr.7 (ANI): Survivors who lived through the earthquake in the central Italian town of L’Aquila said the devastation was “like 20 seconds of hell”. he death toll has risen to 179, as rescue workers used mechanical diggers and their bare hands to search through the night for survivors.

At least 34 people are [...]

L’Aquila (Italy), Apr.7 (ANI): Survivors who lived through the earthquake in the central Italian town of L’Aquila said the devastation was “like 20 seconds of hell”. he death toll has risen to 179, as rescue workers used mechanical diggers and their bare hands to search through the night for survivors.

At least 34 people are [...]

Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Indian actress Freida Pinto is planning to move to New York because Big Apple “just feels like home.”

The star from Mumbai has admitted that she’s beginning to feel homesick after a worldwide promotional tour of her breakthrough movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

However, after spending time flying between the Big Apple and Los [...]

New Delhi, Jan 22 (ANI): Chinese government is leaving no stone unturned to curb spread of porn. It has expanded its anti-porn campaign to mobile phone messages.
After shutting down 1,250 porn websites, the government will now keep a check on text messages, reports the China Daily.
Seven government departments including the State Council’s Information Office, Ministry [...]