Peace signs are, like, all the rage over at the G8 in L’Aquila, Italy

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It seems that Malia Obama accidentally on purpose decided to pack this shirt for her family’s trip to the G8 summit. Cue: world peace. source

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The pope says the Lord “is not deaf to the worried cry of so many families who lost everything.” source

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The death toll and destruction in Italy needs to be seen in picture form. The NYT has some very powerful ones. source

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Most of the buildings in the city center are more than a 100 years old, and so they have walls that are a lot weaker than other palazzi that are made of reinforced concrete. So there were a lot more damages actually inside the city.
Joshua Brothers • An American missionary in L’Aquila, Italy, near the epicenter of the deadly earthquake. Another resident, Maria Francesco, said it “was the apocalypse, our house collapsed. It’s destroyed, and there’s nothing left to recover.” • source

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