31-07-2006, 10:03 AM
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Italy to cut prisoners' sentences
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5224542.stm
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A bill to reduce the sentences of 12,000 prisoners has sparked a row in Italy's ruling coalition.
On Thursday the lower house of parliament approved the measure to ease overcrowding in prisons.
But Infrastructure Minister Antonio Di Pietro, a former prosecutor, objected to the government extending the pardon to white-collar criminals.
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Don't give Blair ideas.
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