Parlamento pulito
Region: Italy
Dopo le innumerevoli notizie riportate dai quotidiani nazionali ed esteri, riguardanti il "sottobosco" della politica italiana, mi dichiaro favorevole allo scioglimento delle camere per infiltrazioni massonico-mafiose. Sarebbe onesto destituire tutti i parlamentari vietando loro ulteriori candidature. Non fraintendetemi, non è mia intenzione fare di tutta un'erba un fascio. Da troppo tempo siamo governati dagli ... more
Views: 1488The big trial for asbestos victims
Region: Italy
The main lawsuit in Europe related asbestos victims takes place in Italy, in the Court of Justice in Turin. A real record for a trial: 2052 victims between 1952 to 2008, between workers and citizens, where Eternit had its factories, are the numbers of this legal action. The public prosecutor Raffaele Guariniello charges with permanent intenional environmental disaster multinational company top management, Stepha... more
Views: 1980Italy: Facebook helps police net mafia boss
Region: ItalyIsola Capo Rizzuto, Mar 17: Facebook has helped Italian police net a dangerous mafia boss Pasquale Manfredi, nicknamed 'Scarface'. Scarface, who has been on the run since Nov 2009, was located through his Facebook visits. He was accessing the social networking site with a prepaid pen drive. Tracing 30-year-old Manfredi to an apartment building in Isola Capo Rizzuto, the police rushed to action. When they raided t... more
Views: 2105In Italy, Online Activism Fires Up “No Berlusconi Day”
Region: Italy
On October 9, Italy's highest Court ruled that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's immunity from prosecution while in office — guaranteed by a special law passed by his own center-right government in 2008 — was unconstitutional. This decision has reopened two pending trials that accuse Berlusconi of false accounting and bribery. Since the court decision, the prime minister has launched a campaign accusing &... more
Views: 3309Abortion drug RU-486 legalized in Italy
Region: ItalyAfter years of fitful and controversial debates, the government of Italy has legalized the use of the abortion drug RU-486. Despite enormous contrariety and threats of immediate excommunication coming from the Vatican. Italy's drug regulating body, the Italian Drug Agency after a long and woeful deliberation ruled the legalization of the said drug. RU-486 is an oral drug that alters pregnancy by preventing the attachm... more
Views: 1895Ancient Roman Shipwrecks Discovered in Mediterranean
Region: Italy
Archeologists in Rome discovered five well-preserved ancient Roman shipwrecks submerged about 150 meters of Ventone, a small Mediterranean island between Rome and Naples. The shipwrecks dating back from between the 1st century B.C. and the 4th century includes a cargo-full of important finds such as vases, pots, relics, kitchen tools, glass objects, moratoria, large bowls and amphorae -- which serves to hold wine and ... more
Views: 1344First Wedding after the Earthquake
Region: ItalyAquila, the Italian town recently struck by an earthquake, celebrates its first wedding after the tragedy. Saturday 18th April saw the first wedding conducted in Aquila after the Italian town was destroyed by an earthquake on April 6. The couple who achieved this unique distinction were Massimo Marinelli, a 33 year old architect and Maria Chiara Aio, a 32 year old employee of Transcom. The civil ceremony was conduct... more
Views: 1273Italian Citizens Report and Reflect on L'Aquila Earthquake
Region: Italyby Bernardo Parrella On Monday April 6th, at 3:32am local time (01:32 GMT), L'Aquila, capital city of the central Abruzzo region, 60 miles northeast of Rome, was stricken by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake [en]. Even if the country is not new to such tragedies, this is Italy's worst earthquake in three decades. The latest figures include more than 250 people dead, 1,000 people injured (100 of them seriously), and over 25,0... more
Views: 2518Massive Earthquake in Italy- Emergency Declared
Region: Italy
A massive earthquake jolted Italy leaving atleast 50 people dead among which 5 are children.This earthquake struck north of Rome during the night. The worst affected parts were around the medieval city of L'Aquila, 70 miles (110km) away from the capital. It is speculated that more than 15,000 buildings have been damaged leaving score still trapped under rubble. Rescue workers have started the resc... more
Views: 840Kaka to stay in Milan
Region: Italy
AC Milan president and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has ruled out transfer deal with Manchester City surrounding Kaka by telling that the 26-year-old Brazilian will be staying at AC Milan. The former World Player of the Year had been amidst many breaking news and controversies of a reported 100 million euro bid from mega-rich Manchester City in a transfer saga that had been picking up pace over the last wee... more
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