Italy's prime minister has moved next week's G8 summit on the global economy to an Italian city flattened by an earthquake in April.

World leaders attending the three-day meeting, including President Obama, will stay in police barracks in L'Aquila.

That facility is where the entire international summit on the financial crisis and climate change will take place.

The April 6th earthquake killed nearly 300 people in the medieval city and left most of its population of 68-thousand homeless.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi changed the location for the G8 summit in hopes of getting additional reconstruction aid for L'Aquila and surrounding communities.

The leaders attending will discuss their nations' efforts to deal with the global financial crisis and whether economic conditions are improving.

A G8 global pact on climate change, set to be signed by the end of this year, also will be on the summit agenda.