Archive for January, 2008

THE KILLER OF MARIA GRAZIA CUTULI EXECUTED

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Fifteen Afghanistan prisoners, convicted for different kind of criminal actions (such as robbery, rape, murder and kidnapping), have been executed in Kabul prison. Among those executed was the killer of Italian reporter Maria Grazia Cutuli, who was murdered in an ambush on 19th November 2001. The kidnapper of Clementina Cantoni has also been executed; the Italian voluntary worker with “Care International” had been kidnapped for 24 days during May 2005
In Afghanistan prisons there are approximately 300 other prisoners awaiting a death sentence. President Hamid Karzaihas the decisional power about these death sentences.The ONU representative, Tom Koenings, has pointed out the importance of the moratorium for the death penalty and has expressed the wish that Afghanistan will contribute to the enhancement and progressive development of human rights.

Contribution  by Barbara Lugoboni, Fast Track course CILTA 2007-8

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Striking lorry drivers

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

One month ago there was a  strike that created a general stoppage of trade, blocking  traffic and the arrival of fresh fruit and vegetables in all supermarkets for two long days. All wholesale dealers, suppliers, supermarkets and petrol pump attendants were involved in the protest. The strike of the HGV drivers has caused the stoppage of traffic on roads, blocking the arrival of the fresh food especially from the south of Italy: tomato, oranges, aubergines and peppers. It caused many problems for traffic and our daily lives. All the warehouses were empty because many supermarkets were bombarded by many people that had to buy the fresh food remaining. It involved all the regions of Italy, but Sicily suffered most damage. The crisis also concerned petrol pumps. In fact the danger, and what actually happened,  was that people have besieged the pumps because they were looking for food and they were moving from supermarket to supermarket. In this way fuel finished too.
I think that this event was one of the many consequences of bad management of the economy and of bad administration of our country! People make their displeasure felt and demonstrate their discontent through strikes.

Written by Lucia Cavone (Fast Track Course 2008)

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN FOR SICILY HAS BEEN COPIED!

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Legambiente, a non-profit organization for the defence of nature, complained that the environmental plan for Sicily has been copied from the Veneto plan. Some environmental directors for Sicily, P.Tolomeo and S.Anzà, seem to have copied the content of the plan from another regional plan, that of Venice, referring to maps, problems and measures that don’t reflect the regional reality. The regional councillor, who firmed the subsequent decree, denies that the plan has been copied, but in fact there are also reported some misprints and links, which would appear to prove the misdeed. For the writing (or, better, the copying) of the plan more than 75,000 €  has been paid to the Universities of Palermo and Messina, Arpa, and other technicians. Furthermore, the original Veneto plan hadn’t even been approved by EU commission because of the lack of emission measurements. This is a real scandal that must be punished!

Giuliana Giuliani Fast track course 03/01/2008

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lesbian_nation

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

In the struggle for “equal rights” (PACS etc) we have forgotton our really radical struggles of the seventies and eighties.

Prodi, put this in your program!! Lesbian Nation!!

PS (You all remember when Fausto Bertinotti came out as a Lesbian?????)

“Io sono lesbica”…..yes he really said it.

if you don’t believe me check this out.

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Bologna Law Faculty sends books to Kosovo

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

On the 21 December 2007 the Law Faculty and the Department of Legal Sciences “Antonio Cicu” at the University of Bologna  made an official donation of text books to the Unibersity of Pristina. The  consignment was made on the to a representative of the Carabinieri

La consegna dei libri

The consignment of fifteen boxes of books took place in the courtyard of the Law Faculty in a ceremony attended by the vice-chancellor for International Relations Roberto Grandi and  a representative of the armed forces.

Stefano Canestrari, Dean of the Law faculty, said: “We believe that the widening of educational opportunities plays a  fundamental role in growth and development.  We are therefore especially happy to have made this contribution. It is an achievement we are very proud of”.  Professor Gianni Cimbalo, who teaches in the faculty and who promoted this initiative, added, “It has been a real pleasure for us to be able to hand over these books. We hope that it is just the beginning of a lasting collaboration with the University di Pristina and with the Carabinieri.”

The delivery of the volumes, which will be enhancing the library catalogue of the Law Faculty in  Pristina, was organised with the help of Tenente Colonnello Alessandro Bellia, commander of the Italian troops in Kosovo. The cultural participation of the University of Bologna in former Jugoslavia is also actively promoted by means of formal collaboration agreements signed not only with the University of Pristina, but also with the University of Belgrade, in order to promote research on the subject of “Religious Freedom and Civil Rights in Eastern Europe“.

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