'First wives' see quake devastation

US first lady Michelle Obama and Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, led other G8 leaders' spouses in a tour of the centre of L’Aquila, the earthquake-devastated Italian city hosting the G8 today.

US first lady Michelle Obama and Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, led other G8 leaders' spouses today in a tour of the centre of L’Aquila, the earthquake-devastated Italian city hosting the G8.

Mrs Obama shook her head as she took in the extent of the damage to centuries-old churches and other treasures turned to rubble by an earthquake that claimed more than 300 lives.