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Mon 04 Apr 2009L'Aquila earthquake inquiry opened
WITH THE widely anticipated announcement of an impending judicial enquiry, a strange sort of normality returned to the earthquake-devastated region of Abruzzo in Italy at the weekend.
As thousands of survivors attempted to pick up the threads of their lives after the earthquake, with activities as diverse as the celebration of Easter Sunday Mass or watching TV coverage of Serie A football matches in their tented villages, L’Aquila attorney general Alfredo Rossini on Saturday confirmed he had opened an investigation against “parties unknown” on charges of “multiple murder”.
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