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News in Abruzzo Year 2000

26 October/ottobre 2000 MESSAGGERO - Francavilla - Pannella asks for justice / Pannella chiede verità e giustizia per Antonio Antonio Russo, journalist in Georgia, Russia, paid with his life for the material he had collected. Pannella, leader of the Radical party of which Antonio was a militant, asks the Georgian government for justice. A great many radicals are expected to Francavilla for the funeral, with them also two Kosovo friends of Antonio. 26 October/ottobre 2000 MESSAGGERO - Francavilla - Engagement ring after 60 years / Le regala l’anello sessant’anni dopo, by Daniela Burgassi They got married in 1940, and hardly had money for the food, therefore Giovanni Marinelli, born 1917, could not offer her an engagement ring. They got married during a short leave of his military duty in Greece, Antonietta wearing a second-hand wedding dress. The most beautiful present: a band playing local music until midnight. After four children, and more grandchildren and great-grandchildren, finally the engagement ring is here. 26 October/ottobre 2000 MESSAGGERO - Pescasseroli - Earthquake at night / All’improvviso la terra ha tremato, by Sonia Paglia The earthquake, epicenter in the area of Bisegna, Pescasseroli, Opi, Scanno woke people at 1 am, and many stayed outside for the night. Abruzzo, a sismic land for over 1000 years, has 237 municipalities at risk, out of 305. 26 October/ottobre 2000 IL CENTRO - - Silvi - Antique fair / Mostre di antiquariato Ninth exhibition of Antiques, one of the most important events of its kind in Central Italy, open from 28 October to 5 november, from 16 to 20 hours. 26 October/ottobre 2000 IL CENTRO - - Spoltore - A congress on agriculture / Convegno sull'agricoltura Starting today a congress at Cavaticchi, in fattoria Lazzarini, with an exhibitions of tools and peasants' art.

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