~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~02~RS~)
Italy earthquake scientists convicted
An Italian court has sentenced six scientists and a government official to six years each in prison over the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.
Prosecutors said they gave a falsely reassuring statement regarding the risk of an earthquake, just days before the 6.3 magnitude quake which destroyed the city and killed 309 people.
The scientists argued there was no accurate way to predict major earthquakes.
Alan Johnston reports from Rome.
Read More
Most watched/listened
-
Would-be robber struck by bus
-
Somali refugees begin to return home
-
Bling Ring premieres in Cannes
-
City lit up after 20 years in dark
-
Clashes at gay rally in Georgia
-
'I left engineering to be food hawker'
-
Mervyn Gibson on the Ardoyne compromise
-
ISS 'star' Hadfield back on Earth
-
George Michael sentenced to jail
-
Quieter by design
-
How will China drive global growth?
-
Sunnis targeted in deadly Iraq blasts
-
Coast littered with dead animals in Chile
-
US derailment: 'Extensive damage'
-
Inside the human robot factory
