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Quake-hit town to host G8

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged to move July's Group of Eight (G8) summit to the earthquake-hit area of L'Aquila, acknowledging logistics and cost problems at the original venue on a Sardinian island.

The decision - which could affect more than two years of planning for the event - is dependent on approval from other nations attending the summit scheduled for July 8-10 on the Mediterranean island of La Maddalena.