If this were true it would be a lot bigger news than a simple thread on FR.
I would think, but then...it’s the American news media we’re talking about. I often feel as though whole chunks of the opposite side of the planet could drift off into space without so much as a mention in between the domestic political coverage and entertainment news.
I’ve seen many articles in the last couple of days elsewhere. People just aren’t posting them to FR. I posted two more above in the thread.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE79P37V20111026?irpc=932
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Italian deputies in fist fight over reforms
Wed, Oct 26 08:02 AM EDT
ROME (Reuters) - Italian deputies exchanged blows in parliament on Wednesday as tensions over a tough economic reform program came to a head.
At least two deputies from the Northern League, a member of the ruling center-right coalition, fought with members from the opposition FLI party of speaker Gianfranco Fini. Two deputies grabbed each other by the throat as other parliamentarians rushed to separate them.
The parliamentary sitting was suspended for several minutes after the fight, which broke out because of sarcastic remarks on television by Fini alleging that the wife of League leader Umberto Bossi had retired at 39.
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