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...small-business association estimated that organized crime accounts for 7% of Italy's GDP, a larger share than any corporate behemoth, even the energy giant ENI. The Sicilian Mob is one of Italy's original multinationals, having partnered with its Italo-American cousins and gangsters around the world to traffic drugs and weapons, launder money and promote other illegal cross-border business...
...clock rollback, there are four-and-a-half hours of sunlight after noon, and five-and-a-half before. DST reverses this. Having more sunlight in the afternoon gives us more waking hours to exercise, makes people happier, and has been shown to cut electricity usage and even lower traffic fatalities. Even the economy is better, as retailers sell more when there is more afternoon sunlight...
...suspects. Kiai said he now had evidence that 454 bodies had been abandoned in Nairobi's mortuaries. Others, he said, were found in towns further afield or simply dumped in forests. Eric Kiraithe, spokesman for Kenya Police, denied the allegations. He claimed many of the bodies were victims of traffic accidents or gang warfare. "Who was there to say the victims were shot from behind and the bullets exited in front? These are reports aimed at maligning the force and individuals," he said...
...serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, its busiest hours are during lunch. Welch said students and tourists make up a large part of the business. Holyoke Center, which usually closes at eight, keeps its doors open until 9 p.m. for Oggi. “I really appreciate the constant foot traffic here,” Welch said. “The arcade has a nice inside-outside feel. People can sit and eat, get away from their desks for a while.” Welch said he is considering other branches on college campuses or residential neighborhoods...
...larger set of problems with Kurds in the region. Turkey has accused the Iraqi Kurdish administration in northern Iraq of failing to do enough to clamp down on the PKK. This week, Turkey raised the possibility of economic sanctions against northern Iraq, including restrictions on the flow of traffic and goods at a key border crossing from Turkey into Iraq, as well as cutting off electricity that Turkey supplies to the region. Turkey's biggest fear is that Iraqi Kurds are intent on establishing a separate Kurdish state on their border, which might encourage Turkey's Kurdish minority to attempt...