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29 11 97 L'essenziale delle news ogni mattina sul vostro pc English version _________________________ COVER STORY _________________________ THANKSGIVING John Steinbeck said of turkeys: "To know them is not to admire them, for they are vain and hysterical. They gather in vulnerable groups and then panic at rumors." (John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley in search of America - 1961). For years, the Asian nation that shares its English name with the tasty, flightless bird has campaigned to become known as Turkye - which is its name in Turkish. Pronunciation: Tuer-key-ay. Even allowing for the unflattering association with the guest that lies on its back on the platters of America, there is something third-worldly, if you pardon the word, about such initiatives: one doesn't see Japan campaigning for Nippon or Germany insisting on Deutschland; even Greece, not the least nationalistic country around, has given up on forcing Hellas on everyone - not to mention the Skopje-Macedonia fiasco. Since Turkye wishes to enter the European Union (EU), why doesn't Ankara's government concentrate on worthier changes, such as dropping genocidal policies (against Kurds at present: those against Armenians and Greeks have ended, now that millions are dead), or granting its citizens civil and religious liberties that, at least on paper, Europeans enjoy by right? Take tomorrow's census: since they are to be counted, all Turks have been ordered home from 5 in the morning to 7 in the evening! Such practices are dictatorial and laughably primitive: a government that doesn't trust it people to lift a hand and say ėhere' ought to be recalled by any means. Mustafa Kemal, who dragged Turkye kicking and screaming into the twentieth century, ought to be rolling in his hallowed grave. Turkye accuses the EU of being a white Christian club. But this darker, Muslim nation absurdly demands rights and concessions it is not willing to give in return. Still in the twentieth century while others are busy preparing for the next, Turkye is kicking and screaming at its own people. Maurizio Saitta _________________________ THE NEWS PASSAGGI A SUD EST 300 curdi sbarcati mercoledi' in Calabria hanno chiesto asilo politico. Intanto sono scattate le ricerche nel basso Adriatico dopo che ieri sera la Capitaneria di Otranto ha captato un sos di un battello albanese. BOAT PEOPLE After landing in Calabria last week, 300 Kurdish refugees requested political asylum in Italy. At the same time, Coast Guard units were searching the southern Adriatic Sea after receiving a distress signal from an Albanian vessel. <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> EX-BRIGATISTA Arrestato in Grecia Enrico Bianco, ex-brigatista ricercato per possesso d'armi e di stupefacenti. Bianco fu coinvolto e poi prosciolto dall'aver partecipato al rapimento di Moro. GUERRILLAS IN OUR MIDST Athens, Greece. Enrico Bianco, an ex-member of the Red Brigades, an Italian leftist guerilla group, was arrested last weekend on charges of illegal possession of firearms and narcotics. The former terrorist was once charged and acquitted of participating the 1978 kidnaping and killing of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro. <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> COSE TURCHE Al premier turco Ylmaz in visita a Roma per cercare appoggi al suo ingresso in Europa, Prodi ha chiesto la fine del pugno duro con i curdi che, solo martedi', sono sbarcati in 300 sulle coste italiane. TALK TURKEY Rome. Early this week, Turkish premier Yilmaz visited Rome seeking support for his country's bid for European Union membership. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi asked him to end the oppression of Turkey's Kurdish minorities. <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> FRANCIA Il primo ministro Jospin ha designato il suo prossimo successore alla guida del Partito socialista francese. Si tratta del 43enne Francois Hollande, 43 anni. LE DAUPHIN Paris, France. Prime Minister Lionel Jospin picked Francois Hollande, 43, to succeed him as leader of the French Socialist Party. <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> NO DI FO Il premio Nobel per la Letteratura, Dario Fo, respinge il riconoscimento offertogli dal Comune di Milano. "Avevo gia' rifiutato ai tempi di Craxi - afferma l'attore - figuriamoci di fronte a questi". JUST SAY FO Dario Fo, an Italian leftist writer recently awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, rejected special honors offered him by the city of Milano. His answer: "I already refused under [Socialist Prime Minister Mr Bettino] Craxi - can you imagine my accepting [an award] from these people?" <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> USA Per ora Giappone e Germania restano fuori dal consiglio permanente dell'Onu. Il veto dell'Italia, che si oppone "a un colpo di mano procedurale" con cui si vuole aggirare la maggioranza di 124 voti necessari alla riforma, ha trovato il sostegno dei paesi africani ed asiatici. AXIS, SHMAXIS Italy's veto, supported by African and Asian votes, kept Germany and Japan from becoming permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council. Italy objects to what it terms "procedural legerdemain" aimed at bypassing the 124 votes needed for reforming the Council. <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> FRANCIA Chirac ha dato ieri il solenne benvenuto in Francia al capo di stato messicano. Piu' tardi qualcuno gli ha riferito che la personalita' in visita all'Eliseo era in realta' il presidente brasiliano. IT'S ALL LATIN TO ME Paris, France. French president Jacques Chirac gave a solemn welcome Wednesday, with all pomp and circumstance, to the president of Mexico. Later, someone whispered to him that the visitor was actually the president of Brazil. <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> DONNE DENTRO Oggi il Consiglio dei ministri dovrebbe varare un disegno di legge che permetterebbe alle madri detenute con condanne inferiori ai 4 anni di scontare la pena a casa. IF CONVICTED, CONCEIVE Rome. The Italian Cabinet signed a bill Friday allowing mothers with jail sentences of up to 4 years to serve time at home. <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> ASILO BY NIGHT A Reggio Emilia, citta' rinomata anche all'estero per le sue strutture d'avanguardia per l'infanzia, c'e' un asilo che resta aperto anche di notte. Il 'Mary Poppins' offre infatti ospitalita' per bimbi da zero a tre anni, per 70mila lire, dalle 8 di sera alle 8 di mattina. SUPERKALIFRAGILISTICHESPIRALIDOCIOUS Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. This city, known for its advanced child-care, boasts the "Mary Poppins," a kindergarten that doesn't close. For 70,000 ($40) lire, children aged 3 and younger can stay from 8 PM to 8 AM. <~ė~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~,~'~> TURCHIA Domenica il paese non si muove. A causa del censimento nazionale la popolazione sara' obbligata a restare in casa dalle 5 di mattina e le sette di sera. Possibili i disagi per i turisti. THE SUNDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING Ankara. Tomorrow Turkey will stop to count its citizens. To facilitate the job of the census bureau, the government has ordered everyone to stay home from 5 AM to 7 PM. Tourists may be inconvenienced. E' tutto. Buona giornata
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