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Tuesday 13 May 2008

Berlusconi's government in immigration row

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who vowed at the time of his April election to crack down on immigration, is preparing anti-immigration measures aimed largely at Romanians, following crimes involving nationals of that country. (Report: C. Moore)
  • ITALY
    Berlusconi's government in immigration row
    Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who vowed at the time of his April election to crack down on immigration, is preparing anti-immigration measures aimed largely at Romanians, following crimes involving nationals of that country. (Report: C. Moore)
  • SPAIN - ENVIRONMENT
    Barcelona orders water to fight drought
    Barcelona has ordered 63 shipments per month of water to supply its population. Persistent drought has forced Spain's second city to use this last resort solution never tried before at this scale. 6.3 million people live in Barcelona.
  • TRANSPORT - AIRBUS
    Airbus announces new delays in A380 delivery
    European aviation company Airbus has announced that the current A380 delivery schedule cannot be met. Airbus will be able to deliver 21 of the aircraft in 2009 instead of the 25 previously announced.
  • ITALY - VOLCANO
    Etna volcano rumbles back to life in Sicily
    Sicily's Etna volcano rumbled back to life on Tuesday with a "seismic event" followed by a burst of ash, volcanologists said, three days after minor eruptions shook the cone.
  • SERBIA - ELECTIONS
    Serbia's pro-EU party surges ahead, observers say
    Election monitors say the pro-European Union Democratic Party led by Boris Tadic won a "very convincing victory" in Serbia's parliamentary polls, beating back Serbia's nationalist Radicals, in spite of bitterness over Kosovo's breakaway.
  • RUSSIA - POLITICS
    PM Putin keeps key ministers in new Russia cabinet
    Russia's newly appointed prime minister Vladimir Putin named his cabinet on Monday, retaining most key ministers and bringing along influential Kremlin aides. R. Goguelin reports from Moscow.
  • LIBYA - ITALY
    Libya, Italy end T-shirt row
    A newly appointed Italian minister apologised to Libya for wearing a T-shirt that offended Muslims in 2006. Libya accepted the apology and withdrew previous threats of "repercussions" against Italy.
  • UNITED KINGDOM
    £10 billion of food thrown annually in UK
    British consumers throw out a third of all food they according to a study by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap). This includes 1.3 million unopened yoghurts, 5,500 whole chickens and 440,000 ready meals. (Report: FR2, N.Rushworth)
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