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Thursday 16 augusT 2018

3 kids heading on summer vacations among Italy bridge dead

ROME (AP) — Authorities in ports, Danisi was traveling news agency reported that
Italy, France and Albania with her boyfriend Alberto they were on their way to
have confirmed their citi- Fanfani, 32, born in Flor- vacation.
zens are among the 39 vic- ence, also one of the ca- La Repubblica newspaper
tims of Tuesday's highway sualties confirmed by the reported that the couple
bridge collapse in Genoa. prefect's office. had gotten married in July,
They include three children, ___ quoting a neighbor saying:
traveling with their respec- Stella Maria Boccia, a "They had been together
tive families on summer 24-year-old born in Napoli, for a while, but they had
holidays. Here are some of is another victim. Italian only gotten married this
their stories: newspapers reported that summer. What a tragedy."
____ Boccia's parents manage ____
Marta Danisi, one of the a restaurant called "Il Pes- Andrea Cerulli was a
victims, born in Sant'Agata catore" in Tuscany. A Face- 47-year-old man from Ge-
di Militello, a small town book post published by the noa. Italian newspaper Il
in Sicily, was 29 years old. restaurant's page Wednes- Messaggero reported that
Italian news agency ANSA day in the early morning he was a dock worker in
reported that she was a read: "We apologize to the city's port. Cerulli was
nurse working in Alessan- our customers, but we'll be Undated Facebook photo of Roberto Robbiano, 43, Ersilia a fierce fan of one of the
Piccinino, 41, and their nine-year old son Samuel, who were
dria, a town in northern It- closed for mourning. Un- among the victims of the Morandi highway bridge that collapsed local soccer teams, the
aly. The mayor of the town fortunately, a piece of our in Genoa, northern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. Genoa CFC. A Facebook
she was from in Sicily wrote heart has remained under Associated Press page of fellow dock work-
on Facebook: "I'm shocked the rubble of the bridge ers who support the Genoa
and saddened for the ter- in Genoa." Italian media turned 44 on Thursday, Er- profile. CFC posted a photo of the
rible tragedy that hit one reported that Boccia was silia Piccinino, 41, and their ___ man, describing him as "our
of our fellow villagers, the with her boyfriend, another 9-year-old son Samuele. A family from the Turin area, friend, our colleague." The
young Marta Danisi, who victim whose name has not Italian newspaper La Stam- in northern Italy, also is on post ended with the fare-
died after the collapse of been confirmed by Italian pa reported that the fam- the list: Andrea Vittone, 49, well: "Ciao Andre."
the Morandi bridge in Ge- officials yet. ily was traveling on holiday his partner Claudia Pos- ___
noa. The same fate hit her ___ to Sardinia. Hours before setti, 47, with her children French officials con-
boyfriend, who was in the The collapse also killed a the disaster, Roberto had Manuele and Camilla Bel- firmed Wednesday that
car with her." family of three: Roberto posted an aerial photo of lasio, aged 16 and 12 years four French people were
According to media re- Robbiano, who would have Sardinia on his Facebook old respectively. The ANSA among the dead. q

New Zealand bans most foreigners from buying homes

By NICK PERRY And overseas buyers will coming government."
WELLINGTON, New Zea- still be able to make limited Skyrocketing home prices
land (AP) — New Zealand investments in large apart- in Auckland have been of
has banned most foreign- ment blocks and hotels. particular concern to New
ers from buying homes as "We're here today to take Zealanders, although that
it tries to tackle runaway another step toward restor- market has cooled over
housing prices. ing the great New Zealand the past year. Still, prices
Previously the housing mar- dream of home ownership," there remain among the
ket was open to investors said Associate Finance most expensive in the world
worldwide, but the gov- Minister David Parker. when compared with peo-
ernment on Wednesday He said it was the birthright ple's incomes.
passed legislation that al- of New Zealanders to buy Figures released Wednes-
lows only New Zealand resi- homes at a fair price. day by the Real Estate In-
dents to buy homes. "This government believes stitute of New Zealand in-
In recent years, there have In this Aug. 13, 2018, photo a house is pictured for sale in that New Zealanders should dicate the median house
been many anecdotal Christchurch, New Zealand. not be outbid by wealthier price in Auckland is 835,000
stories of wealthy foreign- Associated Press foreign buyers," Parker said. New Zealand dollars
ers from Silicon Valley and "Whether it's a beautiful ($547,000) while the medi-
beyond buying ranches in scenic Queenstown region much. The new law fulfils lakeside or oceanfront es- an price across the country
picturesque rural New Zea- and 22 percent in central a campaign pledge by tate, or a modest suburban is NZ$550,000 ($361,000).
land as a "bolt hole" or es- Auckland. the liberal-led government house, this law ensures that In June, officials decided
cape option from a turbu- Last month, the directors of which came to power last the market for our homes is that former "Today" show
lent world. the International Monetary year. set in New Zealand, not on host Matt Lauer could
There have also been sto- Fund executive board said There are some exceptions. the international market." keep a lakeside ranch
ries of wealthy Chinese they encouraged New Foreigners with New Zea- Opposition lawmaker Ju- near Queenstown after au-
buyers outbidding New Zealand to reconsider the land residency status will dith Collins said the bill was thorities concluded there
Zealanders on suburban ban, which they thought still be able to buy homes, unnecessary. wasn't enough evidence
homes in the main city of would be unlikely to im- as will people from Australia "We oppose the bill be- he'd breached a "good
Auckland. prove housing affordability. and Singapore, thanks to cause we don't believe character" condition.
Statistics indicate about 3 But the government says existing free-trade agree- that it actually fixes any Lauer has been accused
percent of New Zealand there is no doubt that for- ments. problem," Collins said. "It is, of sexual misconduct by
homes are being sold to eigners are driving up Foreigners who already in fact, nothing more than at least three women and
foreigners, but the amount prices, and the only ques- own homes in New Zea- an attempt to justify some was fired from NBC last
rises to 5 percent in the tion that remains is by how land won't be affected. of the policies of the in- November.q