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Qatar Holding Italy fund eying Versace - paper
Reuters © Pedestrians walk past the Versace store on Fifth Avenue in New York October 8, 2009. U.S. retailers posted their first monthly sales increase in more than a year. REUTERS/Lucas ...
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Thousands rally in Italy to oppose austerity measures
By Carmelo Carmilli and Roberto Mignucci, Reuters Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession. "We hope that this government will finally start listening to us because we are losing our patience," said Enzo Bernardis, who ...
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Azarenka sets up Williams final in Rome
Italy World number one Serena Williams said she hoped to improve her game for the French Open despite easing into the Rome Open final after ending qualifier Simona Halep's dream week in the Italian capital with a 6-3, 6-0 victory.Williams, the 15-time grand slam winner, stretched her consecutive wins to 23 ahead of her first final meeting with Victoria Azarenka since her defeat to the ...
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Rivalry to be renewed as Nadal faces Federer in Italian Open final
Rafael Nadal is 19-10 lifetime against longtime rival Roger Federer, whom he will meet in the final of the Italian Open. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty ...
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Nadal to Meet Federer in Rome Final Serena Rolls On
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Thousands of protesters join anti-austerity march in Rome
march in Rome on Saturday, protesting against the new coalition government's austerity measures. The metal workers union FIOM said the rally was to demand "the right to jobs, training and health care". "We cannot wait any longer," said FIOM ...
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Williams and Azarenka to meet in Rome finale
Serena Williams will be gunning for her fourth successive title when she takes on Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Internazionali d'Italia tomorrow. Williams breezed past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3 6-0 in a little over an hour for her 23rd consecutive win on the WTA Tour - a run that has seen her win titles in Miami, Charleston and Madrid in recent weeks. The world number ...
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Weather forces change to Giro dItalia route
Giro d'Italia organisers have been forced to drop tomorrow's planned stage finish at the summit of the famous Col du Galibier due to continuing bad weather. Stage 15 of the race was due to offer a nod to this year's 100th running of the Tour de France by including the famous summit in the French Alps. However, poor weather has hampered the Giro so far, with today's mountain ...
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Rome protest turns up heat on new leader Enrico Letta
ROME--Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of ...
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Pope Francis leads pep rally at Vatican meets with German Chancellor Merkel
Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians ...
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Nadal reaches Italian Open finals
Tomas Berdych at the Italian Open semifinals. Nadal needed 78 minutes to get past Berdych 6-2, 6-4 and clinch a spot in Sunday's championship match at ...
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An emotional Nadal reaches Rome final
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after winning his men's singles semi-final match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 18, 2013. (TONY ...
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Vincenzo Nibali on course for Giro dItalia victory after strong ride
Giro d'Italia thanks to his strong ride on the Jafferau climb; the winner was his fellow Italian, the pint-sized climber Mauro Santambrogio. If Nibali does wear the pink jersey as far as Brescia next Sunday, that victory will be seen as an old-school one forged in the spring snow, which yesterday caused the stage to be diverted to a sleet-lashed finish.It was firmly, if frigidly, in a Giro ...
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100000 Protest to Turn Up Heat on Rome Govt
Demonstrators applaud during the left-wing Italian metalworkers' union FIOM rally in downtown Rome Piazza San Giovanni on May 18, 2013. (Filippo ...
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Italy Sea of protesters fills streets in Rome
Thousands took to the streets on Saturday to protest austerity measures and advocate for job creation and workers' rights. Italy is experiencing its longest recession since 1970, with unemployment rates ...
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Thousands Rally Against Budget Cuts in Italy
Thousands took to the streets the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government led by center-left PM Enrico Letta. The protesters, who were led by trade unionists, urged Letta to scrap austerity measures and focus on job creation, the BBC informs. Opinion polls suggest that public trust in the Prime Minister's fragile coalition with the centre-right is ...
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‘We need money to live’ Thousands protest against Italian PM austerity measures
Demonstrators applaud during the left-wing Italian metalworkers' union FIOM rally in downtown Rome Piazza San Giovanni on May 18, 2013 (AFP Photo / Filippo ...
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Americas Cup Italian team sets demands
Luna Rossa sailors Pierluigi De Felice (center left) and Nick Hutton listen to team owner Patrizio Bertelli (right front). Photo: Noah Berger, Special To The ...
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Union leads march in Rome calling for job creation
ROME (AP) -- A union of Italian metal workers has led thousands of people in a march through the heart of Rome to press the new government for measures to spur job ...
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Rome protesters call on Letta government to boost jobs in Italy
The first major protest against Italy’s new coalition government has taken place in Rome. Organised by the left-wing Fiom union, its message was that more needs to be done to create jobs. New Prime Minister Enrico Letta, whose centre-left Democratic Party is in a fragile partnership with Berlusconi’s centre-right, stands accused of neglecting a promise to tackle unemployment, and ...
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Serena Williams Extends Streak to Advance to Final in Rome
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Williams and Azarenka reach Italian Open finals
Serena Williams of the United States cruised into the Italian Open finals Saturday by dispatching Simona Halep of Romania 6-3, 6-0. Williams, who extended her winning streak to 23 consecutive matches, will take ...
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British holidaymaker drowns in front of wife in sea off Italy coast
Brian Kent, 46, is said to have been dragged under the water by strong currents when he went for a dip in the sea after lunch in the coastal town of ...
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Top-ranked Novak Djokovic beaten by Tomas Berdych in Rome
Novak Djokovic can't seem to find any consistency on clay courts. And with the French Open less than 10 days away, he will enter Roland Garros on the back of two early ...
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Italys new PM cabinet ministers sworn in
Italy's new cabinet, lead by Prime Minister Enrico Letta, was sworn in on Sunday, starting their task for breaking the impasse the country had been locked for months. The coalition government, the result of an enforced alliance between the center-left Democratic Party (PD) and the center-right and PD opponent People of Freedom (PdL), is composed of 21 ministers including seven women, more ...
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Italy heavily involved in multi billion euro South Stream project
Italy’s natural gas company ENI is a major investor in the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, but the infrastructure development is being held up by a number of trans-national issues, which the Italian government believes is detrimental to the country’s energy security.
South Stream is the name of the transit pipeline that is intended to transport natural gas from Russia to Southern Europe, bypassing Belarus and the Ukraine. It has been highlighted by Prime Minister Berlusconi as important for the energy needs of Italy as it will eliminate the so-called ‘middle man’ and enhance the security of our energy supply, an issue that was underscored in 2005 when ongoing business disputes between Russia and the Ukraine spilled over into trans-national political issues. Read more
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