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Strong protests against the Siena airport widening

Siena, Italy - Tuscan ecologists open a new battle front

The small Ampugnano airport, near Siena, comes to the fore. After the agreement signed last days by Monte dei Paschi Bank and Aeroporto di Siena SpA (the company managing the Siena airport with the Galaxy fund) to develop the air station, a committee formed by associations like Italia Nostra, WWF, the Legambiente circle of Siena and Alberto Asor Rosa (who started the protests against the habitative...

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Rome, Italy, 08/23/2007 18:43
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