The earthquake in L'Aquila is very sad especially since it is in one of the poorer parts of the country.  The people there will have a hard time recovering.  If it is true that the newer buildings collapsed as well as the older ones then the government will have a lot to answer to.  I think there was an earthquake in a nearby area several years ago where a lot of students died in a school.  You would have thought the government would have checked the buildings at that time.