ROME – The Coast Guard in the Strait of Sicily record around 10,000 migrants saved and 28 perished in just two days, including three babies born on deck during the voyage to reach the Italian shore, Tuesday.

 SASSARI -- The results of a study involving the Desertification Research Centre of this Sardinian city’s university show that desertification and drought can be fought by managing groundwater.

 The artificial recharge of aquifers as a solution to save water in arid countries at risk of desertification, making it available for agriculture and other uses, is a technique that was developed through Wadis-Mar (Water harvesting and Agricultural techniques in Dry lands: an Integrated and Sustainable model in the Maghreb Regions).

 ROME -- ADN Kronos, one of Italy’s leading news agencies with a tradition of innovation, has just fired three administrative staff due to its recent financial difficulty, posing difficult questions about the agency’s future, the Associazione della Stampa Romana journalists' union said Wednesday.

 The news agency has fired three administrative staff, taken as a hint by journalists that other similar measures could follow, after recent questions raised about the handing over of ownership of the agency and potential merging together with others.

 CASATENOVO -- Alessandro Fumagalli, head teacher of the Graziella Fumagalli state school, has been fined 350 euros as punishment for provocatively dancing and touching a young female student, Il Fatto Quotidiano reported Tuesday.