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The crisis seen by aliens…

CRISI GLOBALE

The cartoon on Saturday: a masterpiece of Bochicchio

E' TEMPO DI GRANDI MANOVRE

Libya: Italy guarantees 8 aircraft

Italy has provided eight aircraft of the Air Force to intervene in the conflict in Libya.   Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said that the Italian aircraft will be used "anytime". LIBIA The planes that are guaranteed "hunt 4 (F16 ???) and 4 Tornado able to neutralize the radar ". The aircraft "in addition to other arrangements provided by all other participating nations, and now will make the gold shares under a single command, which is in Naples ".

The option is only eight planes starting. In fact, if more resources are required or other types of aircraft you will ... The Minister Ignazio La Russa, speaking on "in 1/2 h "also said" We want to participate equally in this operation aimed at the preservation of the Libyan population ".

Londra Heathrow riapre

Flights to London Heathrow finally reopened after the British civil aviation authorities have reopened most of the nation's airspace.

The United Kingdom has been particularly affected by the ash cloud caused by the eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull Iceland. The Kingdom has finally announced the gradual opening airspace of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

CAA e l’Irish Aviation Authority stressed that the restrictions, remain in force in some areas, but these would be greatly reduced in size. La CAA ha detto che il suo piano "si basa su dati internazionali e sulle prove di precedenti incidenti dovuti alla cenere vulcanica, by new data collected from test flights and additional analysis of the last days."

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Saturn and its rings: a nice cartoon

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Moon landing: so I imagined 40 years ago ...

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