G8 is due to be held in quake area
The summit is being held at the same police barracks from where the rescue operation was run after April's earthquake, when more than 50,000 people were forced to flee their homes.
The region has continued to suffer aftershocks, including one of magnitude 4.1 just last week.
The first item on the agenda on Wednesday will be the global financial crisis. The credit crunch was not even envisaged at last year's summit, when concerns were considerably different - high oil and food prices and inflationary pressures.
What a hoop !
I'm too tired to think anything. I have to finish to read a several books..