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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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Francis Ford Coppola to Direct Italian-American Saga
Godfather helmer is readying an untitled film that will chronicle an Italian-American family and span from the 1930s to the 1960s. Coppola became one of the most celebrated directors in cinema after bringing the Corleone family saga to the big ...
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INTERVIEW-Italys Eni chips away at monolithic French gas market
Wed May 22, 2013 12:28pm EDT * Eni wins 50,000 gas customers in eight months * Raises forecast to 650,000 customers by 2016 * Tough market for new entrants, says CEO * Obstacles are govt policy and GDF Suez dominance By Geert De Clercq and Benjamin Mallet PARIS, May 22 (Reuters) - Every day about 500 French consumers sign up with Italian gas vendor Eni as it chips away at the near-total ...
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Vatican Doctrine Office Confused By Cardinals Lcwr Comments
VATICAN CITY, May 7 (CNA/EWTN News) .- The Vatican's doctrine congregation has released a statement saying the media misreported a cardinal's remarks about the ongoing reform of a group of American sisters, but an inside source at the department says it is confused because the matter is their "exclusive responsibility."An official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the ...
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Cardinal Bertone Sends Condolences on Passing of Italian Senator
Message Sent on Behalf of Pope Remembers Giulio Andreotti as a Devout Son of the ChurchBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, May 07, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, sent a message of condolence on behalf of the Holy Father to Livia Danese Andreotti, wife of Italian Senator Giulio Andreotti who passed away yesterday at the age of 94.Andreotti, who served ...
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Captain in Italy cruise ship crash faces July trial
The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship will go on trial from July 9 for manslaughter over the January 2012 disaster in which 32 people lost their lives, an Italian judge ruled on ...
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Millions of poverty-stricken Italians unable to afford heat meat amid economic crisis
Prices As a severe recession and unprecedented unemployment sweeps Italy, millions of people are struggling to make ends meet. The number of those receiving food assistance has doubled in the past two years, according to a government ...
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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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