Road accident deaths drop by 50% in Saudi Arabia    SR 3.95 million fines for 3 employees of a company and 6-month jail for one for violating Capital Market Law    Qassim emir launches 52 health projects costing a total of SR456 million    BD and INS partner to elevate standards of infusion care in MENAT    Dubai Design Week launches its 10th edition, celebrating creativity and innovation    GASTAT: Passengers of public transport bus and train soar 176% and 33% respectively in 2023    Fakeeh Care Group reports 9M-2024 net profit of SR195.3 million, up 49% y-o-y driven by solid revenue growth and robust profitability    Italy's 'Libra' to arrive in Albania with just eight migrants on board    South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrest    French families sue TikTok over harmful content that allegedly led to suicides    Harris tells supporters 'never give up' and urges peaceful transfer of power    HRT does not impact life expectancy — UK health body    Liam Payne's body to be flown back to the UK    Suspect arrested for banking fraud totaling SR493 million as Nazaha pursues corruption charges    Arab leaders and heads of state congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump    Neymar suffers muscle tear, out for 4-6 weeks    Crown Prince hails Saudi medical team that performed world's first fully robotic heart transplant    Al Nassr secures 5-1 victory over Al Ain to edge closer to knockout stage    Al Ahli extends perfect start with 5-1 victory over Al Shorta    Mitrovic's hat-trick leads Al Hilal to 3-0 victory over Esteghlal    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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Bilbao takes Giro stage seven as Conti stays in the pink
Spain's Pello Bilbao claimed the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday, a 185-km undulating ride from Vasto to L'Aquila. The Astana rider attacked from a small group of breakaway riders 1.5km from the finish in the final punchy climb, holding (...)

17 - 05 - 2019
Earthquake statement leads to charges
Six Italian seismologists will be tried for manslaughter as a result of deaths in an earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila in April 2009, UPI quoted authorities as saying. An Italian government official has also been charged. The seven were (...)

27 - 05 - 2011
Jobless US man chills out in igloo
It's quite the man cave. Jimmy Grey says he's been out of work for almost a year and needed a project to stay busy. So with the heavy snowfall this winter, the 25-year-old laborer got to work on an extreme igloo in his family's yard in Aquilla, (...)

17 - 02 - 2010
Clooney to shoot in Italy quake area
George Clooney has toured the ruins of Italy's recent earthquake and told the survivors he'll shoot a film in their mountain region. The actor inspected crumbled buildings during a visit on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in L'Aquila. The April 6 (...)

11 - 07 - 2009
G8 pledges $20b in farm aid
G8 leaders pledged $20 billion in farm aid to help poor nations feed themselves, surpassing expectations on the final day of a summit that has yielded little progress on climate change and trade. The United States used the meeting of world leaders (...)

11 - 07 - 2009
UK's Brown warns of more losses in Afghanistan
British troops face a "very hard summer" in Afghanistan in the run up to presidential elections, Reuters quoted Prime Minister Gordon Brown as saying today, suggesting Britain should brace itself for more losses. The Ministry of Defence announced (...)

10 - 07 - 2009
G8 spurns competitive currency devaluations
Leaders of rich and developing nations meeting here have agreed not to resort to currency devaluation to gain a competitive advantage – while shying away from any discussion of the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency. “We will refrain (...)

10 - 07 - 2009
Scant progress to climate pact
A G8 summit made scant progress toward a new UN climate treaty due to be agreed in December with some nations back-pedalling on promises of new action even before the end of a meeting in Italy. The little progress drew the wrath of UN chief Ban (...)

10 - 07 - 2009
G8 summit to commit $20 bln for food security
The G8 summit will pledge $20 billion over three years, $5 billion more than initially expected, to boost agricultural investment and fight hunger, Italian G8 sherpa Giampiero Massolo said on Friday, according to Reuters. The summit leaders are (...)

10 - 07 - 2009
World powers eye Doha trade deal in 2010
The world's greatest developed and developing powers are set to call for an immediate restart of the stalled Doha round of World Trade Organization talks with a view to reaching a deal in 2010, diplomats said Thursday, according to dpa. A draft (...)

09 - 07 - 2009
UN agency welcomes Obama initiative on food aid
Plans by US President Barack Obama to boost food production in the world's poorest nations mark a welcome shift in aid policies that could help reduce migration towards the West, dpa cited a UN agency on the food aid frontline as saying (...)

09 - 07 - 2009
G8 opens to developing market economies
Leaders of the exclusive club of eight industrialized nations open up their forum Thursday to the five fastest developing market economies _ Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa _ tacit admission that their leadership alone is not (...)

09 - 07 - 2009
World's top powers agree 2-degree climate goal
The world's richest powers and biggest polluters agreed Thursday that climate change should be limited to 2 degrees centigrade to prevent catastrophic global warming, diplomats at a summit in Italy said, according to dpa. The leaders of the (...)

09 - 07 - 2009
Obama launches formal call for nuclear security summit
US President Barack Obama has called for a top- level summit on nuclear security in Washington in March, officials at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Italy confirmed Thursday, according to dpa. Obama "used this (G8) opportunity to make a formal (...)

09 - 07 - 2009
Top powers to hold nuclear security summit in March 2010
The world's major powers will gather in Washington for a summit on nuclear weapons security in March 2010, dpa quoted Group of Eight (G8) leaders as announcing Today. "We agreed to a proposal which has come from (US) President (Barack) Obama (...)

08 - 07 - 2009
G8 leaders approve climate change goal
Group of Eight leaders made a strong bid to prevent catastrophic climate change today by calling for global warming to be limited to within 2 degrees centigrade above their pre-industrial levels, dpa cited diplomats as saying. Scientists say (...)

08 - 07 - 2009
FAO head calls for major increase in agricultural aid to Africa
Rich nations should reverse the decline in agricultural aid they give to the world's poorest so as to reduce hunger and improve global peace and security, dpa quoted the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as saying (...)

08 - 07 - 2009
Fear as tremors hit Italy's G8 venue L'Aquila
Several tremors today prompted frightened office workers to rush outdoors in the central Italian city L'Aquila, just days before it is scheduled to host a Group of Eight (G8) summit, dpa reported. No injuries were immediately reported, the ANSA (...)

03 - 07 - 2009
Italian government to organize sea cruises for earthquake survivors
After telling Italian earthquake survivors they should think of their make-shift tent shelters as a "camping" experience, dpa cited Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today as saying the government plans to offer them sea cruises. "We are (...)

29 - 05 - 2009
Hopes dim in search for survivors of Italian quake
Italy prepared to end the search for survivors of its worst earthquake for three decades, which killed at least 293 people and made nearly 40,000 homeless, according to Reuters. A fire department spokesman said rescuers might call off (...)

11 - 04 - 2009
Berlusconi offers own homes to quake survivors
Italy's billionaire prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, today offered to put up in his own homes some of the thousands of people made homeless by this week's earthquake, according to Reuters. "I will do what I can too, by offering some of my (...)

10 - 04 - 2009
Italy death toll rises to 275
Rescuers removed three more bodies from a collapsed university dormitory in central Italy early Thursday, raising to 275 the death toll in the country's worst earthquake in three decades, AP reported. The last body was pulled out of the (...)

09 - 04 - 2009
Italian quake toll rises to 207 as rescuers dig in rubble
Relatives of the missing watched in agony Tuesday as rescuers dug desperately by hand for survivors of Italy's devastating earthquake, jarred by a strong aftershock that drove home the continuing danger. The death toll jumped to 207 as bodies were (...)

08 - 04 - 2009
At least 150 killed in Italian earthquake, officials say
Rescuers worked into the early morning hours Tuesday in hopes of finding survivors of a powerful earthquake that ripped through Italy's mountainous Abruzzo region, killing scores of people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. Tearful survivors, (...)

07 - 04 - 2009
Italy quake killed 207, hurt 1000, government says
Premier Silvio Berlusconi says that 207 people died in the powerful quake that devastated part of central Italy, and 15 people remain missing. Berlusconi said Tuesday that at least 100 of the roughly 1,000 injured people are in serious (...)

07 - 04 - 2009
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