Dozens dead in Italian earthquake

[SarasotaRepub]

ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Rescuers were digging through rubble with bare hands for survivors after a powerful earthquake hit a remote region of central Italy Monday, killing at least 50 people, leaving thousands homeless and destroying many historic buildings.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi declared a state of emergency, warning the death toll from 6.3-magnitude quake could be much higher than the figure, including five children, so far reported by local media.

LINK (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/06/italy.quake/index.html)

[Gingersnap]

This from Sky News:


At least 92 people are dead and 50,000 homeless in an earthquake which has flattened parts of central Italy. :(

[AlmostThere]

It looks like Obama figured out how he could tell the Pope what he thinks of him without saying it.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.15148f36e80f2222604c174cd120fa1 9.381&show_article=1

Maybe this is Obama's way of making Brown feel better about the DVD's.