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  • July 2008

    • Italy Calls In Shrinks for Garbage Crisis

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Jul 3, 08 8:50 PM CDT

      Italy Calls In Shrinks for Garbage Crisis

      Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a “final solution" to Naples' trash problem—and it includes psychologists, Der Spiegel reports. Naples, whose overflowing landfills have led to intermittently trash-choked streets for years, will soon be invaded by an army of volunteers, including a group of psychologists trained in counseling disaster survivors. Berlusconi has also pledged to clean up the garbage. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • garbage  • Naples  • landfill  • psychologist

  • June 2008

    • 'Super' Mafia Witness Gunned Down in Naples

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 3, 08 2:18 AM CDT

      'Super' Mafia Witness Gunned Down in Naples

      The boss of a garbage disposal firm with Mafia links who had turned informant was gunned down in a bar near Naples yesterday, the Guardian reports. The murdered man had been helping police target gangs that control waste disposal in the city, currently gripped by a garbage crisis. He had been due to testify this week against an accused gangster who's a member of Italy's ruling party. More »

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      Italy  • organized crime  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Mafia  • garbage  • Naples  • witness

  • May 2008

    • Trash Fires Blaze Across Naples

      newser  |  AFP  |  May 19, 08 11:53 AM CDT

      Trash Fires Blaze Across Naples

      The prolonged garbage impasse in Naples has taken a new turn as angry residents began setting fire to thousands of tons of waste littering city streets. Firefighters were at work all night battling at least 90 burns across the city, AFP reports. “Every six to seven minutes, one of our emergency vehicles sets off with its sirens screaming,” said a local commander; new Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is set to unveil new measures to deal with the crisis Wednesday. More »

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      Italy  • fire  • garbage  • trash  • Naples

  • April 2008

    • Naples' Trash Tops Berlusconi's To-Do List

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 15, 08 4:52 PM CDT

      Naples' Trash Tops Berlusconi's To-Do List

      Silvio Berlusconi said today his first task as Italy's prime minister will be to clean up garbage-strewn Naples, the BBC reports. After a clear victory for his center-right coalition in this week's elections, the 71-year-old media tycoon promised to spend three days a week in the city and to "leave only when I'm sure I've found a definitive solution" to the trash clogging its streets. More »

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      Italy  • Silvio Berlusconi  • garbage  • Naples  • Northern League

  • March 2008

    • Prized Cheese in Italy at Risk

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 27, 08 7:03 PM CDT

      Prized Cheese in Italy at Risk

      More consumers are turning up their noses at Italy’s prized buffalo mozzarella, and not over its smell, the New York Times reports. Toxins have been found in samples of the delicacy, likely caused by illegal dumping of garbage around Naples. Sales are down 40%, and farmers and restaurateurs fear a panic despite that fact that best cheese region appears unaffected. More »

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      Italy  • garbage  • Naples  • cuisine  • contaminated food  • mozzarella  • imported food  • dioxin

    • Pizza Police Pursue Posers

      newser  |  The Smart Set  |  Mar 12, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Pizza Police Pursue Posers

      Think that pineapple-and ham-concoction is a pizza? Not according to Italian law, Julie Reno writes in the Smart Set. Only hand-kneaded dough, rolled to no more than 14 inches in diameter, topped with San Marzano plum tomatoes and baked in a brick wood-fired oven qualifies. La Pizza Polizia crown such authentic Neapolitan pies with Guaranteed Traditional Specialty status: Only two NYC pizzerias have made the cut. More »

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      food  • Italy  • Naples  • pizza  • authenticity  • sushi  • Gianni Alemanno

  • January 2008

    • Trash Overwhelms Naples

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 7, 08 2:40 PM CST

      Trash Overwhelms Naples

      The Italian army has been brought in to clear away some of the mountains of trash blanketing the area around Naples. The region's garbage crisis, which has festered for years, reached crisis proportions when all waste-collection stopped before Christmas. Meanwhile, protesters are trying, in occasionally violent clashes, to stop the reopening of a dump closed in 1996, Reuters reports. More »

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      Italy  • trash  • Naples

  • May 2007

    • Naples Reeks as Garbage Dumps, Landfills Close

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 31, 07 6:31 AM CDT

      Naples Reeks as Garbage Dumps, Landfills Close

      Mounds of smelly garbage are piling up in the streets of Naples, as a shortage of places to dump it has reached a crisis: the last landfill in Naples closed Saturday. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is pleading with politicians and citizens to save the the country's image, the Times reports. More »

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      Italy  • garbage  • trash  • Naples  • Giorgio Napolitano  • landfill

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