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Birdmen of Rome losing the battle

DRESSED from head to toe in a protective white suit and face mask, Fabrizio Zani is paid to prevent Rome's birds from getting a peaceful night's sleep. As millions of starlings dart above the Vatican, Zani and a dozen colleagues prepare an ...

From ROBIN POMEROY, Shanghai Daily,  29 Nov 2008

Italy to veto new EU climate targets if no changes

ROME (Reuters) - Italy will veto new European greenhouse gas limits for 2020 unless it gets concessions, its environment minister said on Tuesday, suggesting the EU might wait a year before adopting new climate change policies. French President Nicolas ...

From ROBIN POMEROY, EcoEarth News,  25 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Nicolas Sarkozy,  Silvio Berlusconi,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

Facebook pulls Italian neo-Nazi pages after outcry

ROME - Facebook said on Friday it had removed several pages from its site used by Italian neo-Nazis to incite violence after European politicians accused the Internet social networking site of allowing a platform to racists. Seven different group pages ...

From ROBIN POMEROY, Canada.com,  14 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Martin Schulz,  Simon Wiesenthal

Canada keeps asbestos off trade blacklist: MP

ROME (Reuters) - Asbestos, the highly toxic fire retarding mineral, will not be placed on a global blacklist and will be freely traded for at least the next three years, a Canadian parliamentarian said on Thursday. Pressure from major producer Canada ...

From ROBIN POMEROY, EcoEarth News,  30 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Pat Martin

World needs to rethink biofuels: U.N. food agency

ROME/MILAN (Reuters) - The Western world needs to rethink its rush to biofuels, which has done more harm pushing up food prices than it has good by reducing greenhouse gases, a United Nations report said on Tuesday. The U.N. Food and Agriculture ...

From ROBIN POMEROY AND SVETLANA KOVALYOVA, EcoEarth News,  7 Oct 2008
Related Topics: United Nations

Italy scrambles to save Alitalia from collapse

Alitalia's workers during a protest Friday at Fiumicino airport in Rome. ROME: The Italian government scrambled Sunday to save Alitalia from collapse, with the airline warning that it might be required to cancel flights Monday because it could not ...

From ROBIN POMEROY, International Herald Tribune,  14 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Alitalia,  AIR FRANCE KLM,  Silvio Berlusconi,  Pope Benedict XVI,  Roberto Colaninno

Italy seeks last-minute deal to save Alitalia

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government scrabbled to save Alitalia from collapse on Sunday, less than 24 hours before the airline has said it might start cancelling flights as it cannot secure fuel supplies. Emergency talks at the office of Prime ...

From ROBIN POMEROY, Boston Globe,  14 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Alitalia,  Silvio Berlusconi,  Roberto Colaninno,  Zoom Airlines

Alitalia's license at risk, may ground flights

ROME (Reuters) - Italian flag carrier Alitalia may start cancelling flights from Monday as it is having problems buying fuel and could lose its operating license if it fails to seal a deal with unions to avoid total collapse. "There are difficulties ...

From ROBIN POMEROY AND ALBERTO SISTO, Boston Globe,  13 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Gianni Letta,  Alitalia,  Silvio Berlusconi,  AIR FRANCE KLM,  Claudio Scajola

Betancourt tells Pope of "miracle" in the jungle

ROME (Reuters) - Freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt hugged Pope Benedict on Monday and told him how she was overcome with emotion when she heard him appeal for her freedom on a radio broadcast during her seven years of captivity in the ...

From ROBIN POMEROY, Boston Globe,  1 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Ingrid Betancourt

Trade Failure Clouds Climate Talks and Beyond

"If we cannot even manage trade, how should we then find ourselves in a position to manage new challenges like climate change?" said European agriculture chief Mariann Fischer Boel after talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva fell ...

From ROBIN POMEROY, EcoEarth News,  30 Jul 2008
Related Topics: World Trade Organization,  United Nations,  Mariann Fischer Boel,  George W. Bush

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