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By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
21 May 2008

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet took steps to deal with the growing garbage crisis in Naples and approved a package of measures to combat illegal immigration and crime. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome.


When he won the elections last month, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had pledged that his first cabinet meeting would be held in the southern Italian city of Naples which has been struggling to deal with a major trash emergency. He had also vowed 1 to pass new measures to deal with crime in Italy and address the issue of illegal immigration.


True to his word, the prime minister on Wednesday moved his entire cabinet from Rome to Naples and approved a series of measures to deal with the garbage crisis, illegal immigration and security.


Mr. Berlusconi said that among the problems his government needed to face immediately is the one that appeared the most urgent was that of Naples. He added that his decision to hold his first cabinet meeting in the city was a way to underline symbolically 2 the government's attention and commitment to resolve the problems of this beautiful city.


He said the dream is to see Naples blossom once again and have marvelous flowers replace the trash in the streets.


The prime minister on Wednesday appointed a veteran official, Guido Bertolaso, the head of Italy's civil defense 3 department, to deal with the garbage emergency. He said he would deal with the trash problem exactly as if it were an emergency caused by a earthquake or volcano eruption 4.


Mr. Berlusconi said new landfills will be opened and the army will be called in to guard them, and pledged stiff punishment for anyone caught blocking garbage collection. He said a new incinerator, whose construction has been delayed, will be built as soon as possible.


Garbage has been piling in the streets of Naples since last December when all the available dumps were filled up.


The prime minister also addressed the problem of security,  a major public concern in Italy. 


Mr. Berlusconi said citizens have a fundamental right not to be afraid.  As he put it, "the right not to be afraid is a right that a state worthy 5 of the name must guarantee."


A package was also approved to combat crime and illegal immigration. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said it will now be easier to expel illegal immigrants, check the income of immigrants from the EU and crack down on abuse of the asylum 6 system to enter Italy.


The interior minister said illegal immigration is now a crime punishable by a prison term.  He said the measure will make it easier to expel immigrants who do not have legal papers to work in Italy.


Other security measures included tougher laws to deal with the mafia as well as for crimes against the elderly, women and the disabled.




起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
ad.象征地,象征性地
  • By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other. 将婚戒戴在左手的第三只手指上,意味着夫妻双方象征性地宣告他们的爱情天长地久,他们定能白头偕老。
  • Symbolically, he coughed to clear his throat. 周经理象征地咳一声无谓的嗽,清清嗓子。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作
  • The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
  • The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
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actuating lever
ageing hardening
air launched cruise missile
Amphicoelia
approximation by operator
Atherolipin
athletic communication psychology
back out
baggage-rooms
beef-witted
bimorphic male
bottle track
brachyeardia
catch ratline
central tegmental tract
climatic stability theory
communication modem
counterguerilla
couplets on pillar
cylindruria
derne
design-construction team
dirty Sanchezes
Edlitz
electrolytic gravimetry
electronic inductivity
enterocardiovirus
Every bean has its black
exit jewel
fast loading
fault tolerant routing algorithm
feature-based design
fenestellae
filicanes
fluid state
full circle girder erecting crane
future light cone
grieve
histrionic
i-wived
identification of immature infant
Insiza
integrated trajectory system
issue in
kilogal meter
left internal spermatic vein
lifoes
low pump suction pressure
low-voltage capacitor discharge
make your bread
Mankayan
Mexican stand-off
National Association of Precancel Collectors
navarea warning service
nickums
nonmythic
North Fareham
octonare
Olorani
Oseen force
outcools
paciest
padbolt
panoptically
pinest
plane bed
plusia agnata staudinger
polytropic expansion
promotion and transfer
propositional dynamic logic
protanabol
quarter moon
radiatio
radio environment
regular epitaxy
road level
rotating contactor
sales representatives
sell't
shifting shaft
slugginess
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spice mixture
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stitch line
subdermal vascular plexus free skin graft
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technically strong market
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terminal interchange
thyroid hormone evaluation
tongbok (dongbog)
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verbal creation
Vilna Gaon
vitamin b12 monocarboxylic acid
wako
Wiesentheid
wound heart wood
yahe (papua new guinea)
yoy