 Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he does not want Italy to become a multiethnic, multicultural country, drawing plaudits from a right-wing ally and criticism from center-left opponents. Berlusconi, a conservative, faces a stiff challenge in next month's national election, with opinion polls putting him behind his opponent, former premier Romano Prodi. The poor economy, a main worry for voters in this election, has fed concerns about immigration by right-wing parties in Berlusconi's coalition, although the kind of work usually done by immigrants is shunned by many Italians. Surveys show that some Italians also perceive immigrants as being linked to crime. "We don't want Italy to become a multiethnic, multicultural country. We are proud of our traditions," Berlusconi said Monday on state-run radio. ...
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 White House chief of staff resigns |
Amid calls to inject fresh blood into his White House staff, President Bush announced Tuesday that his chief of staff, Andrew Card, has resigned and will be replaced by budget director Josh Bolten."Andy Card has served me and our country in historic times," the president said in making his announcement from the White House, with Card and Bolten by his side. Card served "on a terrible day when America was attacked, during economic recession and recovery, through storms of unprecedented destructive power, in peace and in war," Bush said."In all these challenges and accomplishments, I have relied on Andy's wise counsel, his calm in crisis, his absolute integrity and his tireless commitment to public service,...
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| Two Dozen Iraqi Workers Kidnapped |
Three groups of gunmen kidnapped at least 24 Iraqis working at a currency exchange and two electronics stores in Baghdad on Tuesday, the interior ministry said. South of the capital, a car bomb exploded as police exchanged fire with two suicide bombers at a police station, wounding at least a dozen people. The attacks follow two days of violence in Iraq that left at least 151 dead, including 16 people killed Sunday in a military assault on what Iraqis claim was a mosque. Shiite politicians halted negotiations on a new government in response to the assault. The abductions in Baghdad happened separately but within the same half-hour period, the ministry said. Fifteen gunmen wearing military uniforms but arriving in civilian cars stormed the Moussa Bin Nasir Exchange Co. in the southwest Harthiyah neighborhood at about 1 p.m., kidnapping six people and stealing tens of thousands of dollars, police said. ...
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| Afghan convert vanishes after release from jail Man thought to be hiding from extremists; Italians may offer asylum |
An Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity quickly vanished Tuesday after he was released from prison, apparently out of fear for his life with Muslim clerics still demanding his death.The United Nations said it is working to find a country willing to grant asylum to Abdul Rahman, who has appealed to leave Afghanistan. Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini will ask his government to accept Rahman, the Italian government said in a statement.Rahman, 41, was released from the high-security Policharki prison on the outskirts of Kabul late Monday, Afghan Justice Minister Mohammed Sarwar Danish told The Associated Press....
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| 'Model' Iraq town struck by bombing |
A TOWN singled out by US President George W. Bush as a success story for American and Iraqi forces in the drive to quell the insurgency was last night the scene of a suicide bombing that killed at least 40 people and wounded 20 others.The attack, in which the bomber detonated an explosives belt amid a line of recruits outside Tamarat army base at 11.15am (7.15pm AEDT) near the town of Tal Afar, close to the Syrian border, was the deadliest single attack since a January suicide assault on police recruits in Ramadi. "Forty people have been killed and 20 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of candidates waiting at the army recruitment centre," an Interior Ministry official said. Mr Bush had cited Tal Afar, the scene of major joint US-Iraqi operations last year, as a model for coalition efforts to create a stable Iraq. ...
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| Bush struggles for compromise as 'illegals' fight bill to outlaw them |
Antonio García was too busy to go marching. He was working on a building site at the weekend, helping to renovate a house for $15 (£8.50) an hour, while half a million demonstrators took to the streets of central Los Angeles in his name.The weekend's huge protests echoed around the United States yesterday, with more demonstrations in Washington, Detroit and other cities, and walkouts by Hispanic school pupils. An April 10 nationwide protest is planned. The turnout illustrates the high stakes in an increasingly strident national debate over what to do about the porous US borders and the estimated 12 million undocumented migrants such as Mr García who are already in the country."I don't know why those people were marching," said Mr García, leaning on a car outside a building supplies store in Los Angeles. "Governments change things - not demonstrations."...
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