Adang Surahman, an earthquake engineering expert at Indonesia's Bandung Institute of Technology,says most of Jakarta's high-rises have been built to withstand what scientists refer to as the once in 500-year quake.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The Italian prime minister has promised to build new houses for the victims of the mudslides, just like the ones that were built for the victims of the earthquake in l'Aquila earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10