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To: LindyBill who wrote (100268)	2/13/2005 8:29:15 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793640

Jordan had accused the U.S. military of systematically murdering journalists Did he say that? Or is that one of those embellishments/extensions/distortions?

To: LindyBill who wrote (100268)	2/13/2005 9:06:41 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793640

The EU sets a clean air goal, and the Italians can't use their cars. Ya gotta love those Brussel's bureaucrats. Italians on foot during motor ban ROME (Reuters) - Italians have taken to the streets on foot and bicycles in seven major cities including Rome, as authorities banned cars and even scooters in an effort lower the levels of smog sullying the skyline. The stepped-up campaign came as many Italian cities fast approached their yearly limits for particulate matter emissions under European Union rules. Each city is obliged to keep levels of small particles in the atmosphere below a set level for at least 330 days a year. But some of Italy's biggest urban centres, especially in the north, seem destined to miss that target as early as February. Financial capital Milan has already nearly reached the yearly limit, exceeding the EU levels during 34 days up to February 9, according to a study by Euromobility, published on its Internet site, www.euromobility.org. Other cities, including Turin have already surpassed the limit. "We're not breaking the law. The EU rules require us to intervene, and we're intervening," Turin's Mayor Sergio Chiamparino, who propose a multi-city auto ban, said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday. Rome, which will ban cars and scooters again during the day in early March, may only exceed the limit on another 12 days for the rest of the year, according to Euromobility.