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Silvio Berlusconi returns to his cruise ship crooner roots
, who worked as an entertainer on cruise liners in the Mediterranean in his youth, took up a microphone once again for the dinner, which was held for Gianni Alemanno, the conservative mayor of ...
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President Mujica Begins Tour to China Spain Italy and Vatican
Montevideo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, on Saturday will begin a four-day official visit to the Republic of China. Accompanied by a government and a business delegation, the president, who left here at 14:00 hours (local time) to Paris, where he will make a stop over for Beijing, he will Sunday travel by train to the city of Tianjin to hold meetings with Chinese ...
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PSGs Ibrahimovic misses Italy
."All the times [in the past] that I have said that I would be staying, at the end I changed clubs. This time I am not going to say anything."I still have two more years left on my contract but anything can happen. I have changed teams several times and then I planned to stay at a single club for a long time but it did not happen."I miss Italy. It's my second home. The clubs ...
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Giro dItalia lead unchanged as Giovanni Visconti wins 17th stage
Italy Italian Giovanni Visconti soloed to victory in the 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday to hand his Movistar team its fourth win of the race.Overall race leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) retained the pink jersey with a one minute, 26-second lead on Australian rival Cadel Evans (BMC) intact after the 214km ride from Caravaggio to Vicenza.It is Visconti's second stage win ...
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Fiat Industrial’s tax move a blow to Italian government
This Feb. 1, 2012, file photo, shows an aluminum rim in a car dealership to Dresden, Germany. Capital goods maker Fiat Industrial SpA said Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, that it has sweetened its offer for a full merger with its U.S. subsidiary, the farm equipment maker CNH Global N.V., raising the value of the deal by more than 25 percent. (Joern ...
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Judge in Italy orders trial for captain in shipwreck of Costa Concordia
This Jan. 11, 2013 photo shows the cruise ship Costa Concordia leaning on its side, near the shore of the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Paolo ...
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Still pushing the boat out The Venice Art Biennale is the wackiest cultural show in the world
Remember the paradise island of Tuvalu, the small Commonwealth territory where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge danced in native costumes during the Jubilee tour last year? Tavalu's entry for the Venice Art Biennale next week will see artist Vincent J F Huang raising awareness of the climate crisis engulfing the island with his massive oil pump interactive/slaughter machine. People fill up ...
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Berlusconi Could be Maneuvering to Make New Italy Govt Collapse
, Italy’s controversial media tycoon and three-time prime minister, could be maneuvering to instigate the collapse of Italy’s government for the second time in less than six months, while pollsters say Berlusconi would likely emerge victorious from a new round of ...
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Vaticans Financial Information Authority issues report cites strides toward transparency
The Vatican's Financial Information Authority (FIA) has released its first annual report, documenting the effort to tighten controls on financial transactions and to guard against money-laundering. During 2012 the FIA uncovered 6 suspicious financial transactions by Vatican officials or agencies. Two of those cases were forwarded to Vatican prosecutors for further investigation, and the ...
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Pontiff Congratulates President of the Italian Republic
Giorgio Napolitano, 88, Re-elected During Parliamentary ElectionsBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, April 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis congratulated Giorgio Napolitano on the occasion of his re-election as president of the Italian Republic.Napolitano's re-election comes at a difficult time in Italian politics as February's government elections ended in a stalemate. Despite ...
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Neo-Catechumenal Way Evangelizing Rome in Easter Season
Kiko Arguello on Preaching Christ in '100 Squares'By Salvatore CernuzioROME, April 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) - During the Sundays of Easter in this Year of Faith, the Neo-Catechumenal Way is carrying out an evangelization initiative called "100 Squares."One hundred squares, or plazas, situated nearby Roman parishes, are being used for evangelization, with people from around the ...
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American tourist stabbed in main square of Florence
By Claudio Lavanga, Correspondent, NBC News ROME, Italy - An American tourist underwent emergency surgery after being stabbed in the Italian city of Florence on Tuesday, a hospital doctor and media reports said.The 68-year-old was in front of the city’s famed Duomo cathedral listening to a street musician with his wife when someone tried to mug him and he ...
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Visconti claims stage 17 win Nibali in pink
Italian Giovanni Visconti soloed to victory in the 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday to hand his Movistar team their fourth win of the race. Overall race leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) retained the pink jersey with a 1min 26sec lead on Australian rival Cadel Evans (BMC) intact after the 214 km ride from Caravaggio to Vicenza. Nibali won the Tour of Spain in 2010, was a ...
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Italian machines reject euro
Italy , people are having trouble using its newest note to make some payments.Brought into circulation on 2 May, the new EUR5 note was praised for its enhanced security features, which the European Central Bank (ECB) said would help combat forgery. The other denominations in the Europa series of notes will be introduced over the next few years.However, in Italy, the new note is reportedly being ...
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Coppola to make film about Italian-American family
Director Francis Ford Coppola arrives at the 63rd annual Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA) in Los Angeles on January 29, 2011. UPI/Jim ...
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Italy steel businessman Riva probed for tax evasion -sources
ROME/MILAN | Wed May 22, 2013 2:42pm EDT ROME/MILAN May 22 (Reuters) - Milan prosecutors are investigating the chairman of Italian steel group Riva for tax evasion and police have seized 1.2 billion euros of cash from a tax haven, judicial sources said on Wednesday. Emilio Riva, whose company controls Europe's largest steel plant in southern Italy (ILVA), is being probed along with ...
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Pope Urges Catholics in China to Stay Loyal to Vatican
During his weekly address Wednesday in St. Peter's Square, the pope called for prayers so Chinese Catholics can live their lives "in the service of their country and fellow citizens," in a way that is consistent with their faith. China's government does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The two sides have regularly clashed over China's ...
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Vatican moves to clean up finances
The document from the Financial Intelligence Authority shows six reports of "suspicious activity" in the past year, up from just one in 2011. It says the Vatican's prosecutors are investigating two of those reports for possible criminal activity, though it wouldn't elaborate further. The 64-page report details how the Vatican is looking to crack down on money laundering and ...
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Italian American Society provide scholarships donations
The Italian American Society of Southwest Florida presented $6,000 in donations to two local charities and $3,000 in scholarships for three graduating seniors at their annual awards ceremony held on April ...
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Italy readies youth jobs plan as government struggles
By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government, already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday began preparing a plan to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people. But the left-right coalition's room for manoeuvre to tackle the problem is restricted by Europe's second-biggest debt, the ...
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Ibrahimovic I miss Italy
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has he could be on the move again at some point as talk of a return to Serie A intensifies.The Swede swapped AC Milan for the French capital last summer and promptly led Carlo Ancelotti's side to the Ligue 1 title, but has since been linked with a move back to former club Juventus."Will I stay at PSG? We'll see. A lot of things can happen," he is quoted as ...
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Italian government committed to Telecom Italia jobs network
MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian government is committed to safeguarding jobs and the security of Telecom Italia's (TLIT.MI) fixed-line phone network, Industry Minister Flavio Zanonato said on Wednesday. The minister's comments come ahead of a ...
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First Vatican Report Against Money Laundering Released
The Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) published its first annual report, which examines the activities and statistics of ...
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Vatican financial body finds possible money laundering
01/04/2013 14:35 CET The scandal plagued Vatican Bank has published the first annual report from its newly formed financial watchdog agency revealing that it had detected six possible attempts to use the Holy See to launder money last year. As part of efforts to increase transparency it said it is now screening account-holders. It also plans to beef up regulations and has enlisted an ...
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Visconti Takes Second Stage Win in Giro dItalia
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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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