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NEWS ABOUT: Naples

Naples stories: 12 news summaries

Cops Hunt
Man After
Wife, 5 Kids
Found Slain

Mesac Damas may have fled to Haiti

Sep 21, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are hunting a man whose wife and five children were found slain in their Florida home, reports CNN. The bodies of Guerline Damas, 32, and kids aged 11 months to 9 years were discovered by police after they were contacted by relatives. Investigators believe Mesac Damas, 33, may have... More »

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Naples • Haiti • Miami International Airport

(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... More »

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tourism • Italy • Naples • mob • Mafia • sewage • waste disposal management • Blue Grotto • cesspool • Capri

Nigerian Gangsters Wage Turf War on Mob in Southern Italy

Turf battles erupt as newcomers seek foothold in lawless southern Italy

Jan 7, 09 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - African immigrants are being caught in the crossfire as Nigerian gangsters battle the Italian mob for control of southern Italy's drug and prostitution rackets, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Camorra once treated African criminals as useful subordinates, but vicious turf wars have erupted as the newcomers seek a bigger... More »

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organized crime • Italy • Naples • Mafia • gangsters • Camorra

 Writer Marked by 
 Mob to Flee Italy 

Mob wants author dead by Christmas

Oct 16, 08 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A best-selling author who has become a target of Italian mobsters is fleeing Italy, reports the Guardian. Writer Roberto Saviano, 28, has spent the last two years as a virtual prisoner in army barracks, surrounded by bodyguards protecting him from a Neapolitan mob family. Saviano's book, Gomorra, now an... More »

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Naples • literature • assassination • Camorra • Roberto Saviano • Gomorra • Casal di Principe • Oscars

 Italy Calls In Shrinks
 for Garbage Crisis 

Berlusconi dispatches psychologists as part of promise to clean up mess

Jul 3, 08 8:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

'Super' Mafia Witness Gunned Down in Naples

Slain informant was helping cops bust garbage gangs

Jun 3, 08 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Trash Fires Blaze Across Naples 

Firefighters working overtime as angry residents burn excess garbage

May 19, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Italy • trash • garbage • Naples • fire

Naples' Trash Tops Berlusconi's To-Do List

Incoming Italian PM says he'll be in garbage-strewn city three days a week

Apr 15, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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 "... More »

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Italy • garbage • Naples • Silvio Berlusconi • Northern League

 Prized Cheese in Italy at Risk 

Toxins found in mozzarella after years of illegal trash dumping

Mar 27, 08 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Pizza Police Pursue Posers 

Deep-dish, go home: Italian law governs
aims to enforce Neapolitan authenticity

Mar 12, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Trash Overwhelms Naples

Italian Army struggles to bulldoze
massive heaps of garbage

Jan 7, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Italy • trash • Naples

Naples Reeks as Garbage Dumps, Landfills Close

Trash crisis in
tourist mecca heats up along with weather

May 31, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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 • trash • landfill • garbage • Naples • The Comorra • Giorgio Napolitano

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