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Local Stories January 10, 2008Cosa grosstra: rubbish crisis in Naples
Reuters/Tony Gentile
The Italian government has called in the army to clean up Naples, where garbage has piled up since a city dump closed at the request of local residents. The local mafia's control of the waste-management industry complicates matters. - BH | CNN | Guardian |Mexico's latest passion goes on ice
Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard recently commissioned the world's largest ice-skating rink to be erected in the city's town square. The warm-weather rink's free admission and skate rental have attracted crowds of up to 12,000 primarily poor Mexicans on peak days. - TG | Washington Post | Chicago Tribune |Waxen corpses spook German burials
Overused cemeteries and poor soil conditions in Germany have caused the fatty tissue of many buried bodies to form a wax-like substance called adipocere. Because it prevents corpses from rotting, the phenomenon impedes the reuse of graves, which is common in Germany. - CN | Der Spiegel | |
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