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Serena thrashes Azarenka to win Rome title
World No.1 Serena Williams swept Belarusian Victoria Azarenka aside 6-1 6-3 to win the Rome Open WTA title on Sunday.Williams broke Azarenka's serve three times in a one-sided first set and despite a tighter second set the American prevailed to stretch her career-best winning streak to 24 games.It was Williams's 51st career title and took her victory tally over Azarenka, who beat the ...
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Reid lands Italy tournament win
British men's wheelchair tennis number one Gordon Reid won his third tournament of the year with victory in the Internazionale d'Italia in Rome. Reid beat second-ranked Stephane Houdet of France 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the final. The title is a timely boost for world number six Reid. The Scot, 21, will be part of the British side competing at the World Team Cup in Turkey, which starts ...
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Italian cartoon character helping sell Fords
Tweet Widget Familiar animated cartoon characters make us laugh and feel good, so when they try to sell us something, we're more inclined to listen. That advertising ploy dates as far back as at least World War II, when Bugs Bunny sold U.S. war bonds and the Seven Dwarfs encouraged Canadian bond sales (and when Donald Duck tried to sell Americans on paying their income taxes to fund the ...
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Sports Roman Abramovich to pay over £30m for Wayne Rooney
Chelsea claim Roman Abramovich would be prepared to splash out over 30million for Rooney and match his 250,000-a-week United salary. It is believed Abramovich is determined not to be outbid by Paris Saint-Germain for Rooney and will blow any interest from Arsenal out of the ...
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Vatican turns to art patronage roots for Venice Biennale
The Vatican is returning to its ancient tradition of art patronage with a biblical show at the Venice Biennale commissioned to revive the rapport between art and faith.The exhibition explores themes from the Book of Genesis, so there are no images of the Madonna or suffering Christs, the Vatican said ...
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Nibali extends Giro lead over Evans
Italian Vincenzo Nibali extended his lead over Australia's Cadel Evans as Mauro Santambrogio won a shortened 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia to claim his maiden win on the race Saturday. Nibali, of the Astana team, had launched a decisive attack in the final kilometres and came over the finish line in second place after giving his fellow Italian the nod to take the stage win ...
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Two policemen shot as new Italy government sworn in
Enrico Letta was sworn in as Italy's new prime minister on Sunday and immediately faced an emergency after an unemployed man shot two police officers outside his office. The 49 year-old gunman, from the poor southern region of Calabria, told investigators he had planned to attack politicians but had found none within range. One of the officers was shot in the neck, hitting his spinal ...
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Italys Impregilo leads $2bn Doha metro deal win
A consortium led by Italian construction giant Impregilo has been awarded the $2bn design contract for the Red Line North of Doha Metro, according to reports in the Italian ...
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Ukrainians WWII love for Italian immortalised in sculpture
The sculpture shows two elderly people hugging each other in an embrace that defies age, immortalising a reunion 60 years after the end of World War II and descent of the iron curtain tore their love apart. A new monument in Kiev unveiled this month preserves for future generations the extraordinary story of Ukrainian Mokryna Yurzuk and Italian Luigi Pedutto who were finally rewarded for never ...
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Roger-Rafa in Rome final
In Saturday's semifinals at the Foro Italico, Federer held off a stiff challenge from rising Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-6 (5), 6-4, and six-time Rome champion Nadal defeated sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-2, ...
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Lucinda Lambtons family at war over fathers estate
Lady Anne Lambton, top left, Lady Beatrix Neville, below left and Lady Lucinda Lambton are seeking a share of their late fathers fortune (centre). Their brother Lord Durham, pictured with his wife Marina is fighting them in the High ...
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Italy Sampdoria defeats newly-crowned Juventus
Carlo Baroncini/AP MILAN (AP) -- Sampdoria became the only team to beat Juventus twice in the league under Antonio Conte as it secured a 3-2 victory over the newly-crowned Serie A champion on Saturday. Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi helped Sampdoria come from behind after Fabio Quagliarella had scored against his old team. Emanuele Giaccherini reduced the ...
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Qatar said to eye stake in Italys Versace
Qatar Holding and an Italian state-controlled investment fund are interested in investing in Italian fashion house Versace, Il Sole 24 Ore said on ...
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Works by Paraguayan Artists to Compete in 55 Venice Art Biennale
Asuncion, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Works of various Paraguayan artists will compete for the first time at the 55th Venice Biennale, was confirmed here. The creators selected for this occasion are Felix Toranzos, with his Lminas sobre el reloj de Atenas, for the category of consecrated, and Pedro Barrati with giant paintings on the interior facade of the pavilion Paraguay. In addition, Diana Rossi ...
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Super rice top China draw for 2015 Milan Expo
It will cover some 4,500 square meters, second in size only to the 4,900-square-meter Germany Pavilion, said Wang Jinzhen, vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International ...
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Nadal beat Berdych to reach final in Rome
Fifth seed Rafael Nadal reached his eighth final in a row on Saturday as he beat Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Italian Open final.The final could be a dream for the fans if second seed Roger Federer beats French upstart Benoit Paire in the other semi-final.Berdych, who ousted world number one Novak Djokovic, was given little chance facing six-time champion Nadal, who converted three of all ...
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Sports Briefing | Cycling Mauro Santambrogio Wins 14th Stage of Giro dItalia
Mauro Santambrogio of Italy won the 14th stage of the Giro ...
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Soccer star David Beckham earns assist in likely final game
David Beckham assisted on a goal Saturday in what was likely the final game of his career, a 3-1 win by Paris Saint-Germain over Brest. Beckham, who was given the captain's arm band prior to the contest, set up a Paris Saint-Germain score in the 31st minute with an accurate pass to Blaise Matuidi, who fired it into the back of the net. The former England captain helped PSG claim the Ligue ...
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The Venice Biennale preview Let the art games commence
Next month, the Vatican, Jeremy Deller and Carl Jung will be showing their etchings at the greatest art show on Earth. Marcus Field, a Giardini veteran, marks your card for the pavilions, the people and the ...
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Hamish McRae Should Italy push for more fiscal prudence in this age of austerity
One of the country's most respected financial journalists and commentators Hamish McRae is an associate editor of The Independent. He was named Business and Finance Journalist of the Year 2006 at the British Press ...
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Pope greets prayer rally in Vatican
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 there. Earlier in the day, the pope met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who made a brief visit to Rome, ...
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Qatar Holding acquires 40 of Italys Porta Nuova
Qatar Holding has agreed to buy a 40% stake in Milan's real estate development project Porta Nuova for an undisclosed sum, Reuters has reported. Qatar Holding will subscribe to newly issued shares with the remaining 60% staying in the hands of the current sponsors of the project, Porta Nouva developer, Hines Italia SGR, and Qatar Holding ...
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Italian Open final features two of the best rivalries in tennis
Rafael Nadal’s rivalry with Roger Federer has hardly been close on clay, where Nadal sports a gaudy 12-2 record. (Clive Mason/Getty Images) ROME — Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will meet for the 30th time in their careers in the final of the Italian Open on Sunday. Nadal cruised past Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 in the first semifinal on Saturday and Roger Federer pulled out a scratchy ...
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Federer and Nadal set for Rome finale
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will re-ignite their famous rivalry once more in the final of the Internazionali d'Italia on Sunday after both came through their last four clashes in Rome. The pair have won 28 grand slam titles between themselves and have met 29 times during the years, with Nadal leading the head to head 19-10, which includes a 6-4 6-2 victory when they last faced off in ...
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Thousands rally against Italys new government
Map: Italy Thousands of protesters have rallied in Rome against the policies of Italy's new coalition government.Led by trade unionists wielding red flags and placards, they urged centre-left prime minister Enrico Letta to scrap austerity measures and focus on job creation.After less than a month in power, Mr Letta is trying to hold together a coalition between his centre-left Democratic ...
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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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