The UK Telegraph reports on the activities of the spouses, including two First Lady Bountifuls, Britain's Sarah Brown and US's Michelle Obama, touring the earthquake damage at L'Aquila - where they didn't receive the warmest of greetings. Meanwhile, France's Madame Carla Bruni-Sarkozy called in well as she tried to avoid Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, whom she has openly disparaged.
Perhaps Mrs. Obama could have brought White House garden veggies, wome Michael Smith decorative items or a winsome frock or two for the homeless to warm things up.
Cracks in the symbolism on G-8 spouses quake tour from the Washington Post
The pair were steered well clear of a group of women who were made homeless by the earthquake and who staged a protest in which they held up banners describing themselves as "Last Ladies".
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