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Costa Concordia disaster commemorated on second anniversary

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-d1cff40c88e5a9c6b1700990aea4b519.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Costa Concordia disaster commemorated on second anniversary” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-d1cff40c88e5a9c6b1700990aea4b519.jpg” (ANSA) – Grosseto, January 13 – Thirty survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck staged a sit-in at a criminal hearing of the ship captain’s trial to … Continue reading

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Italy’s drug law challenged for second time in a few days

(ANSA) – Milan, December 11 – A Milan judge on Wednesday agreed to challenge the constitutionality of Italy’s so-called Fini-Giovanardi anti-drug law of 2005, turning a drug case over to the Constitutional Court. The Fini-Giovanardi law equates Class A drugs … Continue reading

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Truckers continue second day of wildcat strikes in Italy

(see previous). (ANSA) – Rome, December 10 – Hundreds of truckers in Italy on Tuesday entered a second day of strikes as part of the so-called Pitchfork (Forconi) Movement, blocking or slowing transportation in a number of cities in Italy.The … Continue reading

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Government approves abolition of second round of IMU tax

(ANSA) – Rome, November 27 – The government gave final approval Wednesday to scrap the second installment of the unpopular IMU property tax, at a cost of 2.15 billion euros in lost revenues, said Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni. The tax … Continue reading

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