Italians on Tuesday got their first taste of life under their new government as Silvio Berlusconi moved to appease the newly powerful Northern League with pledges of lower taxes, more police and camps for jobless foreigners. ”One of the things to do is to close the frontiers,” he said in a TV interview.
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/ 16 January 2008
The prankster who poured red dye into the waters of Rome’s landmark Trevi Fountain was at it again on Wednesday when he targeted another of the city’s landmarks — dropping thousands of coloured plastic balls down the Spanish Steps. Graziano Cecchini said he had released more than 500 000 balls down the steps.
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/ 28 November 2007
A rooster crowing at the break of dawn has earned his owner a €200 fine in an Italian court after neighbours complained it was waking them up too early. Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday that the rooster’s owner in Bolzano province would appeal the sentence on the grounds that he needs at least one rooster to breed chickens.
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/ 12 November 2007
A police officer who supposedly killed a soccer fan was placed under investigation on Monday for manslaughter, news reports said, a day after the shooting led to riots across Italy and forced the suspension or postponement of three matches. Authorities detained four people on Monday for taking part in the violence in Rome.