AlHijjah 21, 1432, Nov 17, 2011, SPA -- The European Union's executive on Thursday pledged millions in aid to help a town in Spain recover from two earthquakes in May and a region in Italy from severe floods last year. Two consecutive earthquakes, with 5.2 magnitude on the Richter scale, hit Lorca in southern Spain on May 11, killing 9 and injuring about 300 people. The European Commission proposed to pay out 21 million euros (28million dollars) to help "relief operations, (the) clean up of affected areas and repair of basic infrastructure," it said in astatement.
