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Today Italians living through frightening times as their homes and towns are shaken in a series of earthquakes.

Contradictions and lies in Pakistan as the country braces itself for more disastrous flooding.

We join bus passengers praying out loud as they negotiate what may be the most dangerous road in the Himalayas.

And where's your dog holidaying this year?

We learn Japan has much to offer, man's best friend. The last few days have seen a series of earthquakes and

aftershocks in central and northern Italy. Eight more were reported overnight.

The most serious shook communities along the Adriatic Coast yesterday.

It measured 4.5 on the Richita scale, but there was little damage and no one's thought

to have been injured.

This part of Italy is not far from Emilia Romagna, the province where there were two other

quakes at the end of last month. This is Italy's agricultural heartland and the tremors

have led to a loss in production worth millions of pounds.

You may have seen the pictures of piles of ruined parmesan cheeses.

The earthquakes left more than 20 people dead, at least 14,000 others have had to leave their homes.

And Alan Johnston's been finding out that many are still too frightened to return because of the

continuing aftershocks. The towns and villages north of Bologna lie on the flatlands of the Po Valley.

For thousands of years the great river has laid down layer after layer of fertile soil.

And now the country roads that wind across the plain

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