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| Soldiers bulldoze Naples rubbish | Soldiers bulldoze Naples rubbish |
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| The Italian army has begun bulldozing the 100,000 tonnes of rubbish that has piled up in the streets of the southern city of Naples. | The Italian army has begun bulldozing the 100,000 tonnes of rubbish that has piled up in the streets of the southern city of Naples. |
| The government is to hold an emergency meeting to find a solution to the rubbish crisis. Naples dustmen stopped collecting rubbish two weeks ago. | The government is to hold an emergency meeting to find a solution to the rubbish crisis. Naples dustmen stopped collecting rubbish two weeks ago. |
| With nowhere to put it local people are forced to burn it. The fire brigade has been struggling to put out the fires. | With nowhere to put it local people are forced to burn it. The fire brigade has been struggling to put out the fires. |
| Protesters have clashed with police near an overflowing landfill site. | Protesters have clashed with police near an overflowing landfill site. |
| Police tried to reopen the site, but residents of Pianura, a western suburb, said it was a health risk and blocked the roads. They threw stones at police, who responded with batons. At least three people were taken to hospital. | Police tried to reopen the site, but residents of Pianura, a western suburb, said it was a health risk and blocked the roads. They threw stones at police, who responded with batons. At least three people were taken to hospital. |
| Prime Minister Romano Prodi has returned from his holidays to a national embarrassment. The EU is warning there will be tough penalties unless Italy resolves the crisis this week. | Prime Minister Romano Prodi has returned from his holidays to a national embarrassment. The EU is warning there will be tough penalties unless Italy resolves the crisis this week. |
| Schools which have been closed were reopened on the orders of the government, though only a handful of students have left their homes. | Schools which have been closed were reopened on the orders of the government, though only a handful of students have left their homes. |
| Finding a solution to this problem means tackling the mob. | Finding a solution to this problem means tackling the mob. |
| The Camorra, the Neapolitan version of the Mafia, has turned this into a hugely profitable business. | The Camorra, the Neapolitan version of the Mafia, has turned this into a hugely profitable business. |
| They have sabotaged every effort to build hi-tech incinerators, so that Naples must rely on landfill sites, where they can hide the domestic and industrial waste, which they chuck in from all around the country. | They have sabotaged every effort to build hi-tech incinerators, so that Naples must rely on landfill sites, where they can hide the domestic and industrial waste, which they chuck in from all around the country. |
| Health concerns | Health concerns |
| Millions of tonnes of it have been dumped illegally in the sea or in the countryside, untreated and highly toxic. | Millions of tonnes of it have been dumped illegally in the sea or in the countryside, untreated and highly toxic. |
| Doctors say cancer rates in Naples are much higher than the national average. | Doctors say cancer rates in Naples are much higher than the national average. |
| Over the weekend angry Neapolitans clashed with police. | Over the weekend angry Neapolitans clashed with police. |
| In one of the more worrying developments, police found effigies of the mayor and the regional governor hanging from lampposts with death threats pinned to their chests. | In one of the more worrying developments, police found effigies of the mayor and the regional governor hanging from lampposts with death threats pinned to their chests. |
| Rubbish collection is a perennial problem which has plagued Naples and its politicians for some 15 years. | Rubbish collection is a perennial problem which has plagued Naples and its politicians for some 15 years. |
| The government is conscious it is under severe pressure to find a solution - but this means tackling the mob. | The government is conscious it is under severe pressure to find a solution - but this means tackling the mob. |
| The EU says it is watching closely and is considering legal action for Italy's breach of European waste disposal directives. | The EU says it is watching closely and is considering legal action for Italy's breach of European waste disposal directives. |
| In 15 years of promises, the Italian state has spent some 2bn euros (£1.5bn) trying, and failing, to clean up the waste. | In 15 years of promises, the Italian state has spent some 2bn euros (£1.5bn) trying, and failing, to clean up the waste. |