Oggi a Roma

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16.30 - Ci sono già centinaia di persone davanti a Castel Sant'Angelo, a Roma, dove alle 17 prenderà il via la marcia organizzata dai familiari dei tre italiani rapiti in Iraq. Stesa a terra, fra Castel Sant'Angelo e l'inizio di via della Conciliazione, una gigantesca bandiera della pace. Numerose le bandiere arcobaleno portate dai partecipanti. Sono arrivati sei pullman provenienti dalla Puglia, ed anche il furgone che trasporta la delegazione dei Disobbedienti. Sul luogo del concentramento sono presenti giornalisti delle principali emittenti del mondo.

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Italians to March to Aid Iraq Hostages
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ROME - Hundreds of people from across the country were gathering in Rome ahead of a peace march near St. Peter's Square Thursday to help win the release of three Italians held hostage in Iraq (news - web sites).


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The march has been promoted by the families of the captives after kidnappers in Iraq threatened to kill the three unless Italians stage a "huge demonstration" in Rome to denounce the government's involvement in Iraq.


"I don't think that Italy will leave three boys like this to die," Angelo Stefio, the father of one of the hostages, told private TV news Tg5. "If we do not do this perhaps it might be too late."


Stefio and other relatives have been calling for a big turnout that they hope could help secure the release of the hostages. Earlier Thursday, they left their hometowns on buses full of relatives and sympathizers and arrived in the capital.


Anti-war protesters, volunteer associations and others started gathering in Rome to join the demonstration, which is set to start from Castle Sant'Angelo, a Rome landmark near the Vatican (news - web sites), and move close to the St. Peter's, which is traditionally closed to all non-religious events.

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