Early this morning in L'Aquila, Italy, the funerals began for some of the 289 people killed in Monday's earthquake. While normally in the Catholic tradition no funerals are allowed on Good Friday, the Vatican granted a dispensation for the funeral mass for the earthquake victims. For more on the somber scene, we turn to BBC Correspondent Helen Fawkes joins us from L'Aquila, Italy.

One year ago, skeptics predicted dire consequences as Kosovo emerged as an independent state from the former Yugoslavia. While none of the violence, extreme nationalism, or emigration of the Serb minority that was expected happened, as Kosovo celebrates its one year anniversary, not everything is coming up roses. For more we turn to Helen Fawkes of the BBC who is in Pristina, Kosovo.