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 Writer Marked by 
 Mob to Flee Italy 

Mob wants author dead by Christmas

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) 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 acclaimed movie and Italy's candidate for an Oscar, exposed the Camorra, the Naples mob. More »

More about:  literature • assassination • Oscar • Naples • Camorra

 Italy Calls In Shrinks
 for Garbage Crisis 

Berlusconi dispatches psychologists as part of promise to clean up mess

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel 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 disaster survivors. Berlusconi has also pledged to clean up the garbage. More »

More about:  Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • garbage • Naples • landfill • psychologist

'Super' Mafia Witness Gunned Down in Naples

Slain informant was helping cops bust garbage gangs

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) 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 been due to testify this week against an accused gangster who's a member of Italy's ruling party. More »

More about:  Italy • Mafia • Silvio Berlusconi • organized crime • garbage • Naples • witness

 Trash Fires Blaze Across Naples 

Firefighters working overtime as angry residents burn excess garbage

AFP AFP 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 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 »

More about:  Italy • fire • garbage • trash • Naples

Naples' Trash Tops Berlusconi's To-Do List

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

BBC BBC 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 "leave only when I'm sure I've found a definitive solution" to the trash clogging its streets. More »

More about:  Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • garbage • Naples • Northern League

 Prized Cheese in Italy at Risk 

Toxins found in mozzarella after years of illegal trash dumping

New York Times New York Times 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 a panic despite that fact that best cheese region appears unaffected. More »

More about:  Italy • garbage • cuisine • Naples • imported food • contaminated food • mozzarella • dioxin

 Pizza Police Pursue Posers 

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

The Smart Set 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 authentic Neapolitan pies with Guaranteed Traditional Specialty status: Only two NYC pizzerias have made the cut. More »

More about:  food • Italy • sushi • Naples • pizza • authenticity • Gianni Alemanno

Trash Overwhelms Naples

Italian Army struggles to bulldoze
massive heaps of garbage

Reuters Reuters 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 reopening of a dump closed in 1996, Reuters reports. More »

More about:  Italy • trash • Naples

Naples Reeks as Garbage Dumps, Landfills Close

Trash crisis in
tourist mecca heats up along with weather

New York Times New York Times 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 »

More about:  Italy • garbage • trash • Naples • landfill • Giorgio Napolitano

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