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WORLD / NEWS Wed May 14, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- The president of the region surrounding the Italian city of Naples is going on trial with 27 others, over the city's ongoing rubbish crisis. Antonio Bassolino, the president of Campania, is charged with defrauding the state and abuse of office. He has.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jan 7, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- The Italian army was called in early Monday to help clear piles of trash that went uncollected for more than two weeks in the Naples area, while residents in a city suburb set up roadblocks to protest the reopening of a garbage dump. Before dawn, army eng.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 11:10am neoform

BBC News -- Italian police have arrested nearly 200 people in a crackdown on drug-trafficking and organised crime in the southern city of Naples. The police said they were targeting two clans of the local mafia, known as the Camorra. Reports say entire families we.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 2:07pm neoform

News.com.au -- ITALIAN police arrested nearly 200 people in a dawn raid on drug traffickers in the centre of Naples, in one of the biggest ever anti-mafia operations in a city notorious for organised crime. The Carabinieri police said they were trying to break up the.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 8, 2006 @ 8:18am neoform

Independent -- Naples, Italy's third-biggest city, has been racked by a spasm of gang violence, with seven people killed in the space of a week. The attention of the Italian public was galvanised by the spectacle of one of Italy's most splendid cities, in the shadow o.. Read More