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Berlusconi: Italy earthquake victims should view experience as camping weekend

Italian prime minister causes controversy with quip made during interview following country's worst earthquake in three decades

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A woman, who was evacuated from her home, at a camp set up in L'Aquila. Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, today sparked controversy when he said the 17,000 people made homeless by Monday's earthquake should think of themselves as being on a "camping weekend".

Berlusconi made the remark during an interview with a German television channel as he visited one of the emergency camps set up to cater for people who have lost their homes in the disaster.

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