Italian nuclear dump protest

Thousands of demonstrators blocked a motorway between two towns in southern Italy today as they kept up their protest over government plans to put a nuclear dump in an area of farms and tourist resorts near the Gulf of Taranto.

The Italian Cabinet decided on Thursday to delay the plans for a proposed underground dump near Scanzano Jonico, 62 miles south of Bari, following widespread criticism from environmental groups and grass-roots protests.