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Italians voted on Sunday in the first elections since Mario Monti was tapped to save Italy from its debt crisis, balloting seen as a gauge of public anger over parties supporting his austerity measures and disillusionment over Italy s traditional political blocs. HT Image Some 9.5 million Italians were eligible to vote for 942 city councils and mayorships across Italy in balloting today and tomorrow. By noon today, turnout was at 13 per cent, lower than the last time such administrative elections were held. Analysts have suggested a low turnout may reflect a pr <a href=https://www.stanleycup.cz>stanley cup</a> otest vote. Silvio Berlusconi s center-right People of Freedom party and the centre-left Democratic Party have both supported Monti, who was appointed in November after markets lost faith in Berlusconi s ability to reign in debt and spur growth. Monti s technical government has pushed through tax hikes, budget cuts and pension reforms deemed necessary by the EU and markets to restore Italy s financial footing. But public anger is growing over the austerity measures and increasing unemplo <a href=https://www.stanley-quencher.us>stanley cup</a> yment, with a rash of suicides and other desperate acts blame <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.us>stanley cup</a> d on Italians financial troubles. Just yesterday, an elderly man in Naples shot himself in the head, purportedly because of anxiety over unpaid taxes. He remains hospitalised. Earlier in the week, an armed man took hostages in the Bergamo office of Italy s tax collection agency before being apprehended; he too owed the tax man. Monti has vowed not to run for offic Owxh Israel approves more settler homes in east Jerusalem ahead of Trump talks
Jaffna is turning red, with a bit of anger and embarrassment both, and wincing under the sudden attention it is getting from the rest of Sri Lanka. HT Image The quite town of narrow streets, churches and schools was all but cut off from the Sinhalese south for years. For years, the only Sinhalese who went to Jaffna were the military and police <a href=https://www.asicsgel.de>asics</a> personnel who manned the hundreds of checkpoints an <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.es>stanley cup</a> d bunkers in and around town. The town hadnt seen a battle since 1995 but resembled a battle zone with thousands of army personnel keeping watch and monitoring every inch of the peninsula. All that has changed in the last few months. With travel restrictions lifted from the A9 highway, tourists from the south have been surging towards Jaffna and its temples and sandy beaches. At the Omanthai checkpoint, an army captain told me that on weekends, 1200 vehicl <a href=https://www.nikeairjordan.de>jordan</a> es including 400 packed buses carrying tourists hurtle towards the peninsula. Along the roads leading to the town, coconut groves have become picnic spots where tourists eat rice and curry, drink king coconut water and fan themselves with sarongs to escape the Jaffna heat. The army is still present but there are fewer checkpoints. Shops in town are now open till late; the evening curfew is a thing of the past. But many residents are guarded with their enthusiasm about this new season of opening up. Many are apprehensive that their enclave would be gradually taken over by businessmen from the Sinhalese south. Small local bus
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