Immigrants protest over racial abuse in Italy

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Series Details 9.1.10
Publication Date 09/01/2010
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At least 34 people were injured January 2010 in two days of racially motivated violence in Rosarno, a town of about 15,000 people in Calabria in the toe of Italy, after an attack on immigrants by a group of local youths sparked rioting and clashes with police.

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LifeinItaly http://www.lifeinitaly.com/
PressEurop, 11.1.10: The grapes of wrath are ripe http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/166831-grapes-wrath-are-ripe
BBC News, 10.1.10: Pope Benedict XVI urges Italy to respect migrants http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8450657.stm

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