ITALY: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hands keys to new homes to quake evacuees
Record ID:
1548139
ITALY: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hands keys to new homes to quake evacuees
- Title: ITALY: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hands keys to new homes to quake evacuees
- Date: 16th September 2009
- Summary: L'AQUILA, ITALY (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF L'AQUILA FILMED FROM THE HELICOPTER VARIOUS OF CIVIL PROTECTION MEN WORKING
- Embargoed: 1st October 2009 04:59
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- Location: Italy
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes,Domestic Politics
- Reuters ID: LVAET3LBNTSMEIY0G1IFZY5CJKY8
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Story Text: Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi arrived in Onna, L'Aquila, on Tuesday (September 15) to hand over the first homes to the evacuees after an earthquake left 28,000 homeless on April 6, earlier this year.
Berlusconi inaugurated the village built a few dozen meters from the town that was completely destroyed by the 6.3 Magnitude quake.
"I wish this home can be a place of love. I wish you can can look at the future with optimism and hope. These are the keys for the new owners. Best wishes," Berlusconi told the first lucky home owners.
The new buildings, whose size depends on the number of their occupants, will host 48 families, a total of 300 people.
Civil protection and volunteers have been working for five months in order to rebuild the damaged sites. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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