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'Mob Sewage' Closes Capri's Blue Grotto

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(Newser) – The famous Blue Grotto of the Italian island of Capri has been closed after its striking cerulean waters were fouled by raw sewage believed to be dumped by the Mafia, reports the Independent. La Grotta Azzurra, a favorite haunt of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, is celebrated for its striking waters and the silvery shimmer of cave rocks. Two men have been busted following following reports that they pumped 5,000 gallons of cesspool sewage into the grotto to avoid paying disposal fees.

Carabinieri paramilitary police inspect sewage dumped in Capri's Blue Grotto.
Carabinieri paramilitary police inspect sewage dumped in Capri's Blue Grotto.   (AP Photo/Franco Castano)
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gorkheim@gmail.com
Aug 27, 09 3:02 AM CDT
At least the first two pictures are of the Blue Grotto in Malta, not Capri. Reply
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fancygapva
Aug 27, 09 6:16 AM CDT
Why was this offensive? It's just about geography.
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Reader60610265
Aug 27, 09 8:55 AM CDT
I agree who ever is doing it if there trying to be annoying their succeeding.
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matteo
Aug 27, 09 3:44 AM CDT
who are these morons that write articles, have they ever been in italy ?? Reply
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jagerhans
Aug 27, 09 6:22 AM CDT
why morons ? our domestic (yet censored) italian media reported the same news. and this IS another major shame, like the garbage flood in Naples that was never solved but the berlusconi-driven media say it was, like the reconstruction after the earthquake in l'Aquila which will mean: building masses of 'newtowns' around the medieval city that is doomed to remain a pile of ruins forever ('cause it's a more profitable business building dormitories in the desert than renovating the city) but encircled by ugly buildings, like the orgies of sex, whores and drugs of our prime minister covered like a secret services'affaire, like the racial laws, like all that tsunami-wave of shit always rising here in Italy, the land of the shameless. are you a berlusconi supporter ?
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