rome, italy, december 19 2008. emma marcegaglia, italian president of manufacturer association, suffered sudden uneasiness after drinking a glass of water during a congress in rome.

venice, italy, june 2008. works at saint nicolo, building the mose barrier expected in future to control high tides entering the venice lagoon against seasonal "acqua alta" floods affecting the city of venice since centuries ago.

milan, italy, july 17, 2008. journalist and politician giuliano ferrara opened a popular plea against decision of father of eluana englaro to plug off the machines and leave his daughter die after years that kept her artificially alive. giuliano ferrara instead asked support to all people who agreed with him to keep her alive, leaving thousand of bottles of water in front of milan'cathedral. see giuliano ferrara with white jacket leaving his bottle of water. eluana englaro is still alive.

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