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July 4, 2008

Italy Assailed Over Plan to Fingerprint Gypsies

by Elisabetta Povoledo, International Herald Tribune, France - The Italian government's plans to fingerprint Gypsies living in camps, including children, drew fresh criticism Thursday when a Catholic human rights organization warned that identifying people according to ethnicity would set a dangerous precedent.

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