DAILY DIGITAL NEWS

THE FIRST STATE FUNERAL, FOR 35 OF THE VICTIMS, WAS HELD ON SATURDAY IN THE TOWN OF ASCOLI PICENO, IN ANOTHER PART OF THE REGION THAT WAS STRUCK BY THE QUAKE.

Many of the 3,000 people made homeless by the disaster are sleeping in tent villages set up by the Italian army and emergency services...

PRIME MINISTER

PRESIDENT. DACIAN CIOLOS

LOVED ONES

31st August, 2016 0

aljazeera.com

MORE THAN 900 AFTERSHOCKS HAVE RATTLED THE CENTRAL ITALY REGION SINCE THE QUAKE ON WEDNESDAY, WHICH KILLED 290 PEOPLE.

Source: Al Jazeera News and agencies Content on this website is for general information purposes only...

NEW ZEALAND

DALIT CATTLE SKINNERS

SOCIAL WELFARE STATE

29th August, 2016 5

INVESTIGATIONS ARE FOCUSING ON A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES, INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN AMATRICE THAT CRUMBLED DESPITE BEING RENOVATED IN 2012 TO RESIST EARTHQUAKES AT A COST OF 700,000 EUROS ($785,000).

That bell tower also had been recently restored with special funds allocated after Italy's last major earthquake, which struck nearby L'Aquila in 2009...

29th August, 2016 0

ITALY EARTHQUAKE DOG REFUSES TO LEAVES HIS DEAD MASTER'S COFFIN DURING STATE FUNERAL

Dog refuses to leaves his dead master's coffin after Italy earthquake...

CENTURIES-OLD CULTURAL TREASURES

COCKER SPANIEL

GOLDEN COCKER SPANIEL

BISHOP GIOVANNI D'ERCOLE

STATE FUNERAL

29th August, 2016 6

IN THE REGIONAL CAPITAL OF RIETI, PROSECUTOR GIUSEPPE SAIEVA SAID PROPERTY OWNERS WHO CONTRACTED SHODDY WORK COULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE DAMAGE.

"If the buildings had been constructed as they are in Japan, they wouldn't have collapsed," he told La Repubblica...

28th August, 2016 20

HIDE CAPTION 39 OF 50 PHOTOS EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL ITALY SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAMS LOOK FOR SURVIVORS IN PESCARA DEL TRONTO.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy on Wednesday, killing more than 290 people...

GRAN SASSO E MONTI DELLA LAGA NATIONAL PARK

CENTRAL ITALY

CENTRAL ITALIAN QUAKE

28th August, 2016 0

theguardian.com

ITALY HOLDS MASS STATE FUNERAL FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

Italy must block mafia from earthquake rebuild, says expert...

MINISTER DARIO FRANCESCHINI

ITALY

CENTRAL ITALIAN TOWNS

28th August, 2016 27

ITALY EARTHQUAKE MUSEUMS TO DONATE SUNDAY REVENUE TO QUAKE RELIEF

Amatrice's mayor said he would not stop until building regulations had been tightened...

28th August, 2016 45

AS WEEPING ITALIANS BID GIULIA AND 34 OTHER QUAKE VICTIMS FAREWELL WITH A STATE FUNERAL, GIORGIA SPENT HER FOURTH BIRTHDAY IN A NEARBY HOSPITAL SATURDAY, RECOVERING FROM HER ORDEAL.

"The older one, Giulia, was sprawled over the smaller one, Giorgia...

9-YEAR-OLD GIULIA RINALDO

YOUNGER SISTER GIORGIA

28th August, 2016 0

RELATIVES MOURNS FOR THE EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS DURING THE MASS FUNERAL IN ASCOLI PICENO, ITALY, ON AUG 27, 2016.

Relatives mourn for earthquake victims in Italy 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn...

28th August, 2016 0

independent.ie

SHE STILL HOPES TO TRAVEL TO ROME FOR THE SEPTEMBER 4 CANONISATION OF MOTHER TERESA, THE MACEDONIAN-BORN ETHNIC ALBANIAN NUN WHO MINISTERED TO THE POOR OF INDIA.

Her order lost three sisters and four of the elderly women they cared for, alongside incalculable losses in the wider community...

27th August, 2016 8

ITALY HOLDS MASS STATE FUNERAL FOR 35 EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS AS TOLL REACHES 290

Almost 30 people died in earthquakes in northern Italy in 2012 while more than 300 died in the nearby city of L'Aquila in 2009...

27th August, 2016 1

FUNERALS, A DAY OF MOURNING FOR ITALY QUAKE VICTIMS

Italy's premier, president visit hard-hit villages in central Italy...

27th August, 2016 0

HIDE CAPTION 29 OF 40 PHOTOS EARTHQUAKE STRIKES CENTRAL ITALY SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAMS LOOK FOR SURVIVORS IN PESCARA DEL TRONTO.

Hide Caption 33 of 40 Photos Earthquake strikes central Italy A man leans on a wall in Pescara del Tronto...

BISHOP GIOVANNI D'ERCOLE

20-YEAR-OLD PAUL MANAUT

27th August, 2016 0

'CIAO, LITTLE ONE. SORRY WE DIDN'T MAKE IT IN TIME' ITALY MOURNS EARTHQUAKE DEAD AT MASS FUNERAL

The 35 dead came from Pescara del Tronto and Arquata del Tronto, once idyllic hillside villages, but now wastelands of rubble, dust and crushed cars...

27th August, 2016 9

HEARTBREAKING PICTURE OF DOG WHO WON'T LEAVE MASTER'S COFFIN AFTER ITALY EARTHQUAKE

Coffins of some of the victims of the earthquake in central Italy are seen inside a gym in Ascoli Piceno...

VICTIM

BLOND COCKER SPANIEL

NEARBY HAMLET PESCARA

PESCARA DEL TRONTO

27th August, 2016 96

thestar.com

'PLEASE DO NOT LOSE COURAGE' ITALY BURIES ITS EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

One young man wept over a little girl's white coffin...

STATE FUNERAL SATURDAY

27th August, 2016 0

ITALY EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL SOARS AS POWERFUL AFTERSHOCK ROCKS AMATRICE

Italy holds mass state funeral for earthquake victims...

DEATH

EMOTIONALLY CHARGED FUNERAL

27th August, 2016 18

euronews.com

ITALY DECLARED SATURDAY (AUGUST 27) A DAY OF MOURNING TO HONOUR THE VICTIMS. AMONG THOSE GRIEVING WERE ITALIAN PRESIDENT SERGIO MATTARELLA, PRIME MINISTER MATTEO RENZY AND OTHER POLITICAL LEADERS.

Flags across Italy flew at half-mast as the death toll passed 290...

PRIME MINISTER MATTEO

27th August, 2016 0

www.cbc.ca

ITALY'S CIVIL PROTECTION AGENCY RELEASED A HIGHER DEATH SHORTLY BEFORE FUNERAL SERVICES BEGAN.

Richard Devey CBC Italy's civil protection agency released a higher death shortly before funeral services began...

DEATH CUSTOMS

PRIME MINISTER MATTEO

ITALIAN PRESIDENT SERGIO

STATE FUNERAL

27th August, 2016 0

bbc.com

ITALY EARTHQUAKE DAY OF NATIONAL MOURNING FOR VICTIMS

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is due to attend state funerals in the regional capital, Ascoli Piceno, for victims from the town of Arquata...

MOUNTAINOUS CENTRAL REGIONS

27th August, 2016 81

www.cbc.ca

DR. VINCENZO LUCIANO IS THE HEAD OF THE TEAM -- A MAN WITH A KIND FACE, PRESUMABLY A REQUIREMENT OF HIS DIFFICULT JOB.

And here and there a lone mourner sits on a simple wooden chair pulled up close to a coffin...

MARCHE REGION. BOUQUETS

DR. VINCENZO LUCIANO

27th August, 2016 0

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEAD MAY YET SURPASS THE 309 FROM THE 2009 EARTHQUAKE IN L'AQUILA, WHICH IS THE DEADLIEST IN ITALY SINCE 1980.

"It is time now for us to bury our loved ones," said Amatrice resident Franca Mariano, 40, who lost two close friends and one cousin in the earthquake...

26th August, 2016 0

IT LEFT ONE KEY ACCESS BRIDGE TO AMATRICE UNUSABLE, AND DAMAGED ANOTHER ONE.

On Friday, three more bodies were pulled from the rubble in Amatrice, bringing the death toll there to 221...

26th August, 2016 0

ITALY QUAKE TOLL SOARS AS HOPES FADE FOR MORE SURVIVORS

Almost 30 people died in earthquakes in northern Italy in 2012 while more than 300 died in the L'Aquila disaster...

ANTI-SEISMIC BUILDING NORMS

ITALY

PESCARA DEL TRONTO

26th August, 2016 2

japantimes.co.jp

NUN IN ICONIC ITALIAN QUAKE PHOTO TEXTED FRIENDS 'ADIEU'

She still hopes to travel to Rome for the Sept. 4 canonization of Mother Teresa, the Macedonian-born ethnic Albanian nun who ministered to the poor of India...

26th August, 2016 0

ibtimes.com

ALL THREE REGIONS ARE DOTTED WITH CENTURIES-OLD BUILDINGS SUSCEPTIBLE TO EARTHQUAKES.

Italy Rescuers Toil Through Night Seeking Quake Survivors As Death Toll Hits 159...

CENTRAL ITALIAN TOWNS

RESCUE WORKERS

25th August, 2016 0

ibtimes.com

AUTHORITIES SAID THURSDAY THAT 190 DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN RIETI PROVINCE AND 57 IN NEIGHBORING ASCOLI PICENO PROVINCE.

Italy Earthquake Live Updates Death Toll Rises To 247, Strong Aftershock Hits As Rescue Operations Continue...

NEIGHBORING ASCOLI PICENO

PESCARA DEL TRONTO

25th August, 2016 0

sbs.com.au

ALL THREE REGIONS ARE DOTTED WITH CENTURIES-OLD BUILDINGS SUSCEPTIBLE TO EARTHQUAKES.

Italy quake search for survivors continues amid fears toll could climb...

CORRESPONDENT NASTASYA TAY

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT NASTASYA

25th August, 2016 0

thestar.com

A 1997 QUAKE KILLED A DOZEN PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ITALY AND SEVERELY DAMAGED ONE OF THE JEWELS OF UMBRIA, THE BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS IN ASSISI, FILLED WITH GIOTTO FRESCOES.

EDT) and was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, including Rome, where residents woke to a long swaying followed by aftershocks...

25th August, 2016 0

Trending News Headlines : Ascoli Piceno

nytimes.com

ONCE A WEEK, IT SENDS DOCTORS WHO WILL PERFORM ABORTIONS TO ASCOLI PICENO, IN EAST-CENTRAL ITALY, FROM AS FAR AWAY AS MILAN AND ROME.

In Italy, even at hospitals that ostensibly perform abortions, more individual doctors are opting out...

17th January, 2016 386

THE MOST DEADLY EARTHQUAKE SINCE THE 20TH CENTURY STRUCK IN 1908, WHEN A QUAKE FOLLOWED BY A TSUNAMI KILLED ABOUT 80,000 PEOPLE IN REGGIO CALABRIA AND SICILY.

Two people were killed in Pescara del Tronto, a small town in the Ascoli Piceno province, La Repubblica newspaper reported...

ACCUMOLI MAYOR STEFANO

ASCOLI PICENO PROVINCE

SERGIO PEROZZI

24th August, 2016 168

MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK CENTRAL ITALY, NEAR RIETI, SHORTLY AFTER 3 30 A.M.

Amatrice, a town in central Italy, was hit with a destructive 6.2 magnitude earthquake early Wednesday morning...

ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE INSTITUTE

MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

24th August, 2016 9

MAMMOTH RECONSTRUCTION PLAN

A MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE STRUCK CENTRAL ITALY ON WEDNESDAY, LEVELING BUILDINGS IN SEVERAL TOWNS AS RESIDENTS SLEPT.

Associated Press staffers Valentina Onori in Amatrice, Fulvio Paolucci in Illica and Trisha Thomas in Pescara del Tronto contributed to this report...

25th August, 2016 0

Related News Headlines : Ascoli Piceno

AS EMERGENCY WORKERS CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR BODIES, ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER MATTEO RENZI SAYS HE WILL PRESENT A NATIONAL PLAN - TO BOLSTER EARTHQUAKE PROTECTION.

Prosecutors are investigating why supposedly quake-proofed buildings collapsed in the disaster...

PRIME MINISTER MATTEO

30th August, 2016 0

ITALY EARTHQUAKE MAFIA-BUSTING CHIEF WARNS OF CRIMINAL RECONSTRUCTION

Trials continue over 'mafia-linked' reconstruction Italy has long struggled with mafia power and corruption...

30th August, 2016 27

LOW-QUALITY BUILDING MATERIALS

SHODDY BUILDING EXACERBATED DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF ITALY'S EARTHQUAKE

It was estimated two years ago that 18 per cent of buildings in Italy are constructed without planning permission...

GIUSEPPE SAIEVA

29th August, 2016 4

WATER PURIFYING EQUIPMENT

IT REDUCED TO RUBBLE A STRING OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES ON THE BORDER OF THREE REGIONS - MARCHE, UMBRIA AND LAZIO.

The hill-top town, voted one of Italy's most beautiful, has accounted for 230 of the dead...

TOWN

LAZIO

SURVIVORS PLASTIC CRATES

28th August, 2016 0

independent.co.uk

ITALY EARTHQUAKE PRIME MINISTER MATTEO RENZI DECLARES 'STATE OF EMERGENCY' AS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 267

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi AP Nearly 1,000 aftershocks have rocked the seismic area of Italy's central Apennine Mountains in the two days since the original quake...

PRIME MINISTER MATTEO RENZI

ITALY

ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER

WORST NATURAL DISASTERS

MATTEO RENZI

26th August, 2016 1

theguardian.com

DESPITE EIGHT DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES IN 40 YEARS, EXPERTS ESTIMATE 70 PERCENT OF ITALY'S BUILDINGS DO NOT MEET SEISMIC STANDARDS.

Italy declares state of emergency in region hit by earthquake...

BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC TOWNS

26th August, 2016 11

bbc.com

BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS ABSURD TO THINK THAT ITALY COULD BUILD COMPLETELY QUAKE-PROOF BUILDINGS.

Italy quake Emergency declared as hopes for more survivors fade...

MINISTER MATTEO RENZI

26th August, 2016 46

PICTURESQUE MEDIEVAL TOWN

"I CAME BACK TO ILLICA 20 YEARS AGO AFTER LIVING 21 YEARS IN THE U.S., IN INDIANA," SAID FRANCO MICOZZI, 54, WHO GREW UP NEAR ILLICA.

"I don't know what will happen to a place like Illica," said Stefano Carosi, a civil protection official working near the village, nine miles north of Amatrice...

STEFANO CAROSI

26th August, 2016 0

IN PESCARA DEL TRONTO, RESCUE CREWS WERE LOOKING THURSDAY FOR THREE PEOPLE BELIEVED CRUSHED IN A HARD-TO-REACH AREA.

But he also said that it was absurd to think that Italy could build completely quake-proof buildings...

26th August, 2016 0

LUCA PROSPERIA, EPA NONE DAMAGED BUILDINGS ARE SEEN AFTER A STRONG EARTHQUAKE HIT AMATRICE, ITALY.

Firefighters stand by rubble in Amatrice, Italy on Aug. 28, 2016, where a 6.1 earthquake struck just after 3 30 a.m., Wednesday...

25th August, 2016 0

A CANADIAN CITIZEN WAS AMONG THE 250 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK A MOUNTAINOUS STRETCH OF ITALY WEDNESDAY, GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA SAID.

Foreign minister Stephane Dion expresses grief in a statement groups in Canada's Italian community are considering how to support recovery efforts...

ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

CENTRAL ITALY

25th August, 2016 1

nypost.com

DAWN BROKE OVER THE ROLLING HILLS OF CENTRAL LAZIO AND LE MARCHE REGIONS AFTER A NIGHT OF UNINTERRUPTED SEARCH EFFORTS.

Most of the dead -- 190 -- were in Amatrice and Accumuli and their nearby hamlets...