Garbage crisis stirs protest in Naples
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Stinking mounds of garbage piled up on the streets of Naples Friday and officials around the country blamed organized crime and bureaucratic red tape for the city's refuse crisis.
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Workers used dumptrucks to empty scores of bodies into a four-metre-deep hole Wednesday - the first mass grave for more than 800 flood victims - as bystanders shrieked, held noses against the stench and demanded officials collect
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After enraging the French president and his bride by using them in an advertisement, budget airline Ryanair is promoting its flights in the Italian press as a way of escaping piles of trash that are choking the city of Naples.
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Thousands of Italians gathered  under heavy police guard on Saturday to protest against the  expansion of a U.S. military base that has aroused strong  opposition and divided the center-left government.
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Piles of trash building up in Naples have filled the air with a putrid stench and spoiled the view for tourists, but the city's waste crisis may also be killing its people.
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Relatives of some of the World Trade Center victims rallied at ground zero Wednesday to urge the city to remove the ashen remains of their loved ones from a landfill where debris was sorted after the terrorist attack.
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Police in Naples clashed with protestors over a mafia-linked rubbish disposal crisis on Monday as the Italian government convened an emergency meeting to try and resolve the row.
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By Simon Read, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 9--A discarded washing machine lies on its side along a dirt tract near Tommy's Harbor. Garbage bags and other trash have been dumped in the nearby weeds.
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By Kathy Steele, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Mar. 9--TAMPA -- About 40 residents voiced displeasure Thursday night over two crematories planned for Ybor City, vowing to file a complaint with county environmental regulators.
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NAPLES, Italy  - Angry Neapolitans blocked railway tracks, hurled stones at police and overturned vehicles on Saturday to protest against plans to reopen a waste dump to deal with the city's long-running refuse crisis.
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Police clash with Sardinian residents angered by the delivery of 500 tonnes of rubbish to the island.
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VICENZA, Italy -- Tens of thousands of Italians under heavy police guard marched yesterday through the city of Vicenza to protest the expansion of a US military base .
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Thirty people have been killed in Naples, Italy, in the past two months, including two on Monday.
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By Anonymous  Conservation and fishing organizations protested today the lack of progress made to address the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
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By JOHN P. KELLY  City Councilor Kevin Coughlin's proposal to make recycling mandatory in Quincy didn't spark the sort of discussion on garbage he'd hoped for - just a little trash talk. "This is a draconian measure," said Ward 2 City Councilor Daniel Raymondi.
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For a dozen years, Naples and surrounding towns have periodically choked on their refuse, but the last two weeks have flared into a real crisis.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 24--Trash dumps used to be for garbage and vultures.   But Catawba County is developing the next generation of landfills: places where garbage and sewage become commodities with little left over to clutter or pollute.