hooting death of a man on the island separately. Corsica has seen more than a dozen such murders this year, apparently carried out by criminal gangs. But the violence well known to residents recently burst onto the national scene with the killings of a prominent businessman and defense lawyer. The government vowed to restore order, and Valls said Friday's arrest was proof those efforts were bearing fruit. But the wave of bombings is sure to increase the pressure even further and could arouse suspicions that the homegrown nationalist movement is radicalizing again. Twenty years ago, the island was the scene of dozens of bombings, most of them linked to the movement, which has fought for Corsica's distinct language and culture since the island was definitively taken over by the French under Napoleon in 1796. Saturday marks the anniversary of the adoption of the island's 18th-century constitution and is celebrated by some as the island's national day. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved,http://www.61mmbb.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2707253. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. An insider's guide to politics and policy, available on the iPad or as a PDF download.[标签:标题]
By SYLVIA HUI,cheap toms, Associated Press LONDON (AP) It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. The sudden death of a nurse who unwittingly accepted a prank call to a London hospital about Prince William's pregnant wife Kate has shocked Britain and Australia, and sparked an angry backlash Saturday from some who argue the DJs who carried out the hoax should be held responsible. At first,toms outlet, the call by two irreverent Australian DJs posing as royals was picked up by news outlets around the world as an amusing anecdote about the royal pregnancy. Some complained about the invasion of privacy, the hospital was embarrassed, and the radio presenters sheepishly apologized. But the prank took a dark twist Friday with the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, a 46-year-old mother of two, three days after she took the hoax call. Police have not yet determined Saldanha's cause of death, but people from London to Sydney have been making the assumption that she died because of stress from the call. King Edward VII's Hospital,toms outlet, where the former Kate Middleton was being treated for acute morning sickness this week, wrote a strongly-worded letter to the 2DayFM radio station's parent company Southern Cross Austereo,http://www.52noni.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=2125850&extra=, condemning the "truly appalling" hoax and urging it to take steps to ensure such an incident would never happen again,http://web2665439.host021.zjidc.org/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=3256846. "The immediate consequence of these premeditated and ill-considered actions was the humiliation of two dedicated and caring nurses who were simply doing their job tending to their patients," the letter read. "The longer term consequence has been reported around the world and is, frankly, tragic beyond words." The hospital did not comment when asked whether it believed the prank call had directly caused Saldanha's death, only saying that the protest letter spoke for itself. DJs Mel Grieg and Michael Christian, who apologized for the prank on