Napolitano abronca the Government and the Regions: "It is unacceptable Lampedusa"

The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano has been defined as "unacceptable" situation in the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, which is crowded with 6,200 immigrants waiting to be taken by the Government. Napolitano has asked the regions of the country on behalf of cohesion and solidarity to help the island welcoming refugees landed in recent days.

"Italy, the Italian regions, can not give a show of uncertainty and division and you have some that agree to receive immigrants and others not," said the head of state, an apparent reference to the Northern League, whose regional presidents and ministers call for return of the landed forcibly to their country of origin.

Portugal .- Dilma: "Brazil will help to Portugal and Portugal helped Brazil"

LISBON, 29 Mar. The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, said this Tuesday its willingness to "help" in economic matters Portugal at a time when the country is closer to rescue their European partners and with a call early elections in sight following the resignation of Prime Minister Jose Socrates. Rousseff was asked by reporters upon his arrival in Coimbra on whether Brazil will help Portugal to overcome the crisis of sovereign debt.

The Germans do not want to end up like Italy's B.

Masi is to leave the Rai? The news was denied by him, yet he continues to run and find what semisussurate authoritative confirmation of the same members of the majority. Since we are among those who have even collected thousands of signatures calling for the replacement of the Director General in charge, we do not tear the little hair on the head if we were to do the event.

Yet we can not share the enthusiasm of those who delude themselves that his exit might mean a turning point for Rai. Until Berlusconi will continue to be the President of the Council and, above all, the lord and master of conflict of interest, everyone will take the place of Masi, must first undergo the ritual of kissing the slipper and accept all the conditions will be imposed.

Can we rely on measures Tepco?

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Fukushima: high radioactivity, via the technical TEPCO The apology, the estimate was wrong

TOKYO - The radioactivity of the water to the plant in Fukushima No. 2 reactor is extremely high and is 10 million times the normal levels. He reports the Agency for Nuclear Safety, under which it is required the immediate evacuation of about 500 engineers working to cool the plants damaged by the earthquake and the tsnumani March 11.

And the TEPCO, the operator of nuclear power plant in Fukushima, apologizes and admits the error of his estimate. The level of iodine-131 is so high that the Agency would suggest that there has been a partial melting of the core. The emergency contamination therefore becomes more acute, while attempts to put in safety have been hampered by the threat radiation: today was scheduled to move from the fire trucks to electric pumps to inject water into the reactor to speed up and avoid thus further delay.

Police disperse protesters dead in Syria

Syrian forces opened fire to disperse hundreds of protesters calling for the city of Dera to emergency laws, killing several. Within 10 days of government repression killed 61 people, according to Amnesty International. Deraa residents, located near the Jordanian border, said there were snipers on rooftops national forces.

President Bashar al-Assad has not spoken publicly about the demonstrations, which have spread to the port city of Latakia and Hama, but Vice President Faruq al-Shara said yesterday that the Executive would announce important decisions in the next 48 hours, amid speculation that it could lift the emergency law.

Increases to 74 the death toll in quake

At least 74 people have died from the quake of 6.8 magnitude on the Richter scale that struck last Thursday northeastern Burma, according to an official toll. The epicenter of the earthquake that demolished about 390 buildings was located in Shan State, a mountainous area that forms part of the "Golden Triangle drug, where the borders of Biermania, Thailand and Laos.

Most of the deaths occurred in small towns that are scattered through the mountains, and whose control is disputed by Burmese government troops and rebel ethnic organizations

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