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p. 2: Topic of the day Breaking news #You can´t Stump the Trump 2016!

p. 3: Foro Italico Area RIMUN Channel p. 4: Sharkando survey Horoscope

Monday 11 April 2016 N.3

According to ISTAT (Italian Institute for Statistics) data in Italy there are

more than 5.000.000 immigrants, 1.000.000 of them are from Africa and

about 2.000 from Kenya; most of them live in Northern Italy. Refugees are

a particular kind of immigrants: they're allowed to stay in another country

because of persecutions based on religion and political orientation.

On Saturday we met Anthony, 29, from Kenya, who had to come to Italy

because of the political situation in his country. He has been living in Italy

for more than 2 years, but - as he said - even if Italians are good and

friendly, he will never feel fully Italian. He described us how he had to

cross the desert and the sea, and how an organisation called Centro Astalli

helped him, once he arrived here. - One of the worst thing is that almost

everywhere immigrants are not welcome and their dream of a better life is

killed. That's why the young people

have to make the change happen.

We have to look at immigrants as

brothers and sisters” - said Anthony.

At the end of his speech, he was

asked questions from the audience:

- What made your journey possi-

ble? The thing that helped me the

most during the journey was the

faith in God, which helped me to

overcome the psychological trauma

I had when I left my country.

- What's the worst thing you had

to deal with? That you have to start over! You have to leave your life

behind and start a whole new life, which probably won't be the life you' ve

dreamed of.

- How is your situation now? Now I'm studying Human development in

Roma Tre. However, it wasn't easy to restart my studies because I was

about to get a master in International studies. And it's very hard to integra-

te in a new country, too.

Anthony concluded his speech saying that his most important mission it to

spread this message of love and brotherhood.

- Who are they?

We don’t know exactly who

they are. The only thing we

know is that they are people just

like us but they undergo very

long journey to escape from war,

persecution or poverty.

- Why are we speaking about

them?

Nowadays, migrants are seen as

a problem, not as people with

the same rights as us. It’s not a

personal choice to leave their

country, families

and friends: they

are forced to do

that. What’s even

worst is that when

they arrive in a

foreign country,

often they are not

helped as human

beings deserve.

- Why are we mi-

grants?

If we go deep in

our origins, we

can see that we all are migrants.

According to the myth, the

founder of Rome, Aeneas, was a

war migrant from Turkey. In this

globalized world we have to go

over the difference of our ori-

gins and cultures and take the

best of them to build a better

world together.

We are… migrants The Promised Land

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Love Has No Label Implementing LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights: a

thought that could change people’s lives for the better and empower

the youth of tomorrow. As this issue is on the RIMUN agenda we

decided to question the many foreign exchange students about their

personal and their country’s opinions on it. Let us begin with where

we are:

Italy - “Everyone is free and should be allowed to express his/her

sexuality but, at the same time, expect and respect limits put forward.

However, Italy is characterized by its religion so LGBTS are not well

accepted because of the Church.”

Denmark “People should be al-

lowed to do whatever they want.

The country in general has the

same views: Denmark is a very

liberal country.”

USA - “My country is very pro-

gressive so most people support

LGBT rights. USA‟s policy is lib-

eral and they are given very simi-

lar rights to common people. Some

countries are conservative due to

their religious views.”

Iraq - “LGBT deserve to be given

their rights but in Iraq they do not

receive it because of the religious

beliefs. Most of the citizens support and accept LGBTs even though

the laws don‟t allow it.”

Germany - “Being LGBT is natural; in fact, i have a few gay

friends. The people in Germany are tolerant but there are a few laws

against their rights. For example: gay couples cannot adopt children.

Many a times, „gay‟ is used as an insult (if a boy wears a scarf). They

are probably not accepted because they are different and the govern-

ment is scared to accept new ideas.”

India - “LGBT rights have been banned in section 377 of the Consti-

tution. People probably think it‟s wrong because a man and a woman

can produce a child, whereas the idea of two people of the same sexu-

ality having a child is different. They should look up to US and try to

be more liberal like them.”

Love has no labels. Go where your heart leads you.

Few months ago Stepchild adoption exists

in Italy since 1983 and it allows the adop-

tion of the partner's son or daughter, al-

though this is limited to heterosexual cou-

ples only. Since February and through

April, the courts for minors in Milan, Flo-

rence and then Rome, extended the right to

adopt to unmarried heterosexual couples. In

the meantime, authorities also took steps

towards same-sex marriage and

relative adoption rights. Due to

this, the Italian prime minister

Renzi's coalition split up following

religious lines. Interior Minister

Angelino Alfano, in addition, sta-

ted that his party has already voted

the bill to legalize civil rights, but

their position regarding adoption

is firm, as they fear it will enhance

surrogate parenting, which is ille-

gal in Italy.

Few weeks ago Italian authorities

are torn by their opposing views

on the subject. In February the

amendment didn't receive enough

votes in the Senate. However, in March,

strangely enough, the first case of adoption

in a homosexual couple was legalized. A

lesbian couple wanted to obtain acknowled-

gement for their biological daughters and

won their case. This case was classified as

”special”, as both women had a daughter of

their own. The two girls, therefore, will

have both a biological and an adopted mo-

ther. In the same month, moreover, the

court for minors in Rome acknowledged the

adoption of a child in a gay couple.

Today Italy is experiencing a historical

moment. Although the bill wasn’t

approved by the Senate, judges

in various courts around Italy are

turning against the authorities.

Breaking news

In June’15, the businessman Donald J. Trump, announced

candidacy for President of the US. He made his position very clear since the

first days of his campaign: no illegal immigration, more intensive military inter-

vention in Middle East and free trade. Following the terrorists attacks in the western

world, he consolidated his far right wing and conservative position. There have been

aggressions and physical violence among supporters and protesters during his cam-

paign events; Trump is said to be fomenting violence. Therefore, journalists are que-

stioning if such a candidate is healthy for America. Now, Trump is the

favored Republican candidate. However, on April 5, rival candidate, Ted Cruz, won the Wisonsin pri-

mary and its 36 delegates, reducing the margin with his opponent. In this moment, no one has a firm

grasp on the primaries yet and the Republican candidacy for the general election is still open to suitors.

DO YOU SUPPORT

STEPCHILD ADO-

TION? VOTE NOW! #You can’t Stump the Trump 2016

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How many of you have seen the sport’s infrastructures near Ponte Milvio?

They are Stadio Olimpico, Foro Italico and Stadio Flaminio. Built in differ-

ent periods in the XX century, they are the throbbing centre of a lot of

sports in Rome. In a month, international BNL of Italy (International Ten-

nis competition) will take place in Foro Italico.. Some of the best tennis

players, such as Djokovic, Federer, Nadal and Murray, will take part in it.

May the best win!

The swimming pool, Stadio delle Rose, has been used for diving and swimming competitions and water polo

matches for more than 80 years. The mosaics on the three walls around the swimming pool were planned by

Gino Severini and Giulio Rosso, two of the most important mosaic-artists in the XX century.

If you walk around this area tonight, probably you might see a lot of supporters of A.S. Roma: in fact, at 20:45

there will be an important football match, Roma vs Bologna at Stadio Olimpico. This stadium was built for the

Olimpic Games in 1960 and then renovated for the World Cup in 1990. It is also used for Rugby’s International

Team, the Six Nations.

But most of times, there

are football matches of

the two main football

teams of our city: A.S.

Roma and S.S. Lazio.

Foro Italico Area

Rimun Channel RIMUN never lacks creativity! This year the Press staff created RIMUN CHANNEL: a school

Television News to make delegates aware of what’s happening during simulation. It allows parti-

cipants to express their opinions, in fact, teachers, delega-

tes, chairs and staff are interviewed. It is daily broad cast

in every committee and commission during the morning

and it is even shown on YouTube and on RIMUN' s offi-

cial page on Facebook. RIMUN CHANNEL is very im-

portant to spread the different points of view because RI-

MUN is based on sharing ideas and let cultures meet in a

funny-instructive mixture. The work of TV Staff is very

important and efficient, they prepare the questions to be

asked and they choose who is interested to be interviewed.

They enjoy their occupation because they can

come into a close contact with everybody.

Follow us on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR6J_n2xc2c

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The Sharknado Incident

A tendency has spread out among delegates. A

tendency called: Sharknado. We did a survey

among delegates with a shocking result. Howe-

ver, the result was not as we thought it would be!

Lets return to the results later. When people

where asked the question riots came to be. Peo-

ple started to

discuss it very

fiercely. People

even tried to summon the feared Sharknado. Wars might be started on

this topic as our brave journalists dared to ask the question that must

not be asked: Have you seen the movie Sharknado?

A Typical Day of Delegate & ICJ

Horoscope Aries: don’t eat pasta because you will feel bad and you’ll have stomach-ache.

Taurus: if you are a delegate who rapresents an Asian country, you’ll have to come to press room to greet us.

Gemini: if you are a boy, tomorrow wear a red necktie.

Cancer: today is a fantastic day for you! You’ll have a good sur-

prise when you come back home.

Leo: if you are a single girl, tomorrow you’ll find your soul mate.

Virgo: don’t eat meat at lunch. Trust us.

Libra: today is a very bad day for you. Good luck.

Scorpio: tomorrow you’ll have to buy our magazine: there will be

beautiful games and interesting news.

Sagittarius: if you are a delegate, take active part in your commit-

tee or your favorite team will lose the next football match.

Capricorn: you have to embrace a person who is a Taurus

Aquarius: if you are a member of kitchen or administrative staff,

come to press room and take a selfie with us!

Pisces: don’t eat fish for two days. It’s cannibalism.

Frame 1 ICJ at work? frame 2 lunch is ready! Frame 3 GA focused