Quake-hit L'Aquila ready for G8 summit

Jul 7th, 2009 - XinHua

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ROME, July 7 (Xinhua) -- L'Aquila, the central Italian city battered by a devastating earthquake in April, is now ready for the G8 summit to be held from Wednesday to Friday.

The government announced a surprising decision on April 23 to move the summit venue from La Maddalena to L'Aquila, where a 6.3-magnitude earthquake killed some 300 people and left tens of thousands more homeless.

The government, which has been hoping for "an austere" summit, chose the Coppito Finance Police

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