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  • Hundreds of polish immigrant tomato pickers disappear in southern Italy
    15 September 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Hundreds of polish immigrant tomato pickers disappear in southern Italy
    Puglia battles migrant ’slavery’
    Move sparked by shock report on immigrant tomato pickers (ANSA) - Bari, September 14 -
    A top southern official vowed on Thursday to crack down on the brutal exploitation of immigrant farm hands following a shock report claiming that many were working in conditions of virtual slavery .
    Nichi Vendola, who heads the regional government of Puglia on the heel of Italy, said he was (…)

  • Italian Islamic groups forced to sign a Statement of Values
    31 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Shaping opinions by constriction
    By Mary Rizzo
    In a functional democracy, one of the basic principals is that there should be the recognition of the right of individuals to hold their own opinion. This is often extended to groups, as is natural, since groups are nothing more than individuals who share things in common. The right to hold an opinion also entails the right to express that opinion, even if it is in dissent from the dominant or majority one. There are many ways to express an (…)

  • MIDEAST: FAUSTO BERTINOTTI, CONDOLENCES FOR ITALIAN KILLED IN JERUSALEM
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    (AGI) - Rome, Aug. 11 - The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Fausto Bertinotti, has sent the Frammartino Family a message of condolences for the death of the young man killed in Jerusalem.
    "The news of the violent and tragic death of Angela has profoundly saddened and distressed me," writes Bertinotti. "The humanitarian commitment and the spirit of solidarity of a young man serving the people and the primary needs of a population devastated by war and terrorism have a very high civil (…)

  • ITALIAN KILLED: D’ALEMA SENDS MESSAGE TO FRAMMARTINO FAMILY
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    (AGI) - Rome, Aug 11 - Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema send a message to the relatives of Angelo Frammartino, the young man killed yesterday in Jerusalem.
    "I am deeply grieved by the terrible news which has reached you, I would like to express my profound condolences for the loss of your son, who died tragically while on a very appreciated humanitarian mission.
    On this occasion, I would like to express my hope that light be shed on the cause and the responsibilities of the event as soon (…)

  • ITALIAN KILLED: NAPOLITANO, CONSTERNATION AND ANGUISH
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Rome, Aug 11 - "I was consternated and anguished to hear the news of the barbaric murder of young Angelo Frammartino, who was involved in a mission of solidarity for Palestinian children.
    This brutal murder is part of the violence which is upsetting the entire region," wrote Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in a message to the CGIL Secretary General, the ARCI President and the Mayor of Monterotondo.
    "It must be ended as soon as possible through more effort from the international (…)

  • Italian aid worker killed in Israel
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Rome, August 11 - A 24-year-old Italian aid worker was stabbed to death in Jerusalem on Thursday evening.
    Israeli police described the murder of Angelo Frammartino as a politically motivated "act of terrorism" .
    Police detained five young Palestinians during the night, but later released them without charge .
    Frammartino, a law student from the town of Monterotondo near Rome, was working as a volunteer at a summer camp for Palestinian children run by Italian trade union CGIL .
    He was (…)

  • CIA targeted `more than 10’ in Italy for kidnap, agent says
    2 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by John Crewdson
    WASHINGTON - Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, the CIA targeted for abduction and rendition nearly a dozen Muslims living in Italy whom it suspected of having ties to al-Qaida, a senior Italian intelligence official has told prosecutors in Milan.
    Meanwhile, aircraft flight records suggest the possibility of the CIA’s previously unsuspected involvement in the disappearance of Mohamed Morgan, an Islamist militant living in Milan now believed to be in an Egyptian prison.
    The (…)

  • Il Manifesto (Italian daily newspaper) is facing a financial crisis that threatens its future
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Appeal from Italy’s Il Manifesto July 28, 2006 | Page 11
    THE LEFT-wing Italian daily newspaper Il Manifesto is facing a financial crisis that threatens its future. Here, we print their appeal for support.
    FOR 35 years, Il Manifesto has represented a unique phenomenon in Italian, and not just Italian, newspaper history.
    Without a boss, other than the workers’ cooperative that gets the paper out each day, equal (low) wages for all, and an independent, autonomous political journalism that (…)

  • Zidane and the ‘war on terror’
    15 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Gabriele Zamparini
    “The France legend, playing in his final match before retirement, was dismissed in extra-time for chestbutting Italy’s Marco Materazzi” the Guardian reported.
    “Zinédine Zidane’s despicable, unfathomable act of violence” (1) has been unanimously blamed as a “stupid reaction”, a “disgrace”. “How sad that he should save the most shameful episode for the final page of his story” wrote the BBC. (2)
    Yes, but why? Why did the 34 year old experienced football player who (…)

  • Diabetes and Depleted Uranium - Italian Embassy Cover up Continues
    12 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    (San Francisco Bay View) Dr Mishra described June 29th to June 6 as "A week from Hell." International radiation expert Leuren Moret talked to Dr Mishra, a famous surgeon from India, the afternoon of July 7, 2006. Dr. Mishra’s report was grim. I had tried to reach him by phone and email for a week. I was concerned about his safety. On July 10 Dr Mishra stated "I will not be cowed down."
    Mishra reported "Threats at the hospital, three weird phone calls claiming ’we have you under (…)