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Another Berlusconi campaign promise, to crack down on illegal immigration, was also on the cabinet's agenda Wednesday. The government put forward a controversial bill to make it a crime to be an undocumented foreigner, as well as the introduction of measures aimed at stopping the Roma, or gypsy, population, from living in camps on the outskirts of Italian cities...
...Justice says their goal was "to open a debate, raise questions, something done regularly by cinema, literature and contemporary art." Yet YouTube is unlike any of those other media. There is no buying your ticket, no shifting in your seat with popcorn in hand; no stiff new book to crack open; no grappling with an artist's meaning in solemn galleries. Framed by neither the walls of a cinema or museum, nor the written page, YouTube is a kind of non-context, an ether from which one draws images designed for rapid, repeated consumption. Content of great value mixes with...
...hard sell when blockbusters usually come in Iron Man-sized portions and are aimed at guys. But with the stunning popularity of SATC both on HBO and DVD (and, more recently, on TBS), this movie could be the one that bucks the trend. TIME.com turned to a crack panel of experts to gauge how this movie will fare among mainstream audiences - and whether it will reach a key benchmark of success, $25 million on its opening weekend. All five said yes, and here are their reasons...
...heading for 7 billion, consumption of seafood is growing. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation says demand for fish will rise dramatically in the next few decades, and that aquaculture will be crucial to supplying an extra 40 million metric tons of seafood a year by 2030. "He will crack it; it's only a case of when," Dundas-Smith says of Stehr. "Marketing will be a challenge, but how can you not sell fish when there's a worldwide shortage of the good stuff...
...Clinton was in Pittsburgh, going on and on about trade with China. She promised to "stand up to China and other non-market countries," which, she claimed, "subsidize their exports and put our manufacturers at a disadvantage." The U.S. needs "to immediately and aggressively crack down on China's unfair trade practices," including "currency manipulation," which she deemed "outrageous." Her goal, she said, was "leveling the playing field for our manufacturers with smart fair trade...