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Vatican Explains Availability Of Popes Daily Homilies
VATICAN CITY, May 30 (CNA/EWTN News) .- The Vatican is not publishing the full text of the Pope's daily homilies because it wants to avoid giving them a level of authority that is not intended."We must insist on the fact that, in all of the Pope's activities, the difference between different situations and celebrations, as well as the different levels of authority of his words, ...
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Correcting And Replacing Afex Opens Office In Milan Italy
Leading global payment solution provider brings high-touch service model to Italy's main industrial, commercial and financial center AFEX, one of the world's largest non-bank providers of global payment and risk management solutions, with international presence and expertise, today announced the opening of an office in Milan, Italy. Milan is considered the industrial and ...
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Italys Five Stars lose their twinkle as ejection of MP sparks ugly row
Five Star Movement (M5S) was a movement that respected Italian constitutional law," she said. "This is fundamental. I respected my rights to express my opinions."Dramatic though it may have been, Gambaro's parallel between internal party discipline and basic human rights was understandable in the circumstances.the 48-year-old former business consultant from Bologna, who was ...
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Italys 5-Star expels rebel Senator who criticized leader
Leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement Beppe Grillo (C) gestures as Grillo's Senate leader Vito Crimi (R) and Roberta Lombardi, 5-Star leader in the lower house, stand near during a news conference in Rome April 21, ...
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Italy court setback wont affect support for government Berlusconi
Italy's constitutional court on Wednesday that rejected his bid to block a tax-fraud conviction would have no effect on his support for Prime ...
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Italy court jails Dolce Gabbana duo
AN Italian court has sentenced fashion house duo Dolce & Gabbana to one year and eight months in prison for tax evasion of around one billion euros ($A1.41 billion), according to media ...
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Italy court rejects bid to block Berlusconi tax fraud verdict
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Silvio Berlusconi to block a tax fraud conviction from October, clearing the way for a final verdict this year and deepening the uncertainty facing Prime Minister Enrico ...
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Death threats greet Italys first back minister
Italian Integration Minister Cecile Kashetu Kyenge speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Kyenge on Wednesday acknowledged "racist episodes" in Italy but declined to brand the country as a whole racist. She has so far tempered her reaction to racist attacks, saying it's for Italians to respond, not her. (AP Photo/Domenico ...
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“It’s A Massacre” – Each Day 134 Retail Outlets Close In Italy
June 19, 2013 If anyone is still not convinced that surging stock bourses in Europe are indicative of anything more than central bank liquidity, carry trade allocation and localized asset bubbles, we present a snapshot of what is actually happening on the ground via Italy’s Ansa: ';It’s a massacre,'; said Confesercenti President Marco Venturi. ';Each day 134 shops, ...
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Italian Court Meredith Kercher Killed in Twisted Sex Game
Amanda Knox (CNN) — Italy’s supreme court on Tuesday explained its earlier ruling that American Amanda Knox be retried in the 2007 death of her roommate, saying the jury that acquitted her didn’t consider all the evidence, and that discrepancies in testimony need to be answered. The high court also said evidence could support prosecutors’ initial argument — that ...
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Japan looking for Italian tonic after poor display against Brazil
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
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Italy edges China 10-9 to get quarterfinal berth at FINA worlds
A slim lead over host China 10-9 ensured Italy a quarterfinal berth at Swimming Worlds women's water polo here on Thursday. China trailed 7-3 after first half and almost completed a fully comeback, which being held off by Italy at the crunch time in the final period. In Group B, Canada trounced New Zealand 11-4 to claim first after taking all three matches. Australia was second with 4 ...
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Italian court Amanda Knox appeal ruling was full of illogical conclusions
After Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaelle Sollecito were convicted and then acquitted of murdering Meredith Kercher, the Italian court system will now re-try the case, saying more evidence should have been considered. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports. On Tuesday, Italy's high court said the appeals court's acquittal of Amanda Knox in 2011 was filled with ...
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Italy Evidence ignored in Knox trial
Italian high court: Evidence could support a sex-game theory High court: "Significant evidence" was neglected in Amanda Knox's acquittal Knox was convicted in 2009 for a stabbing death in Italy, but was acquitted in 2011 The high court ordered a retrial in March, and released its reasons ...
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Finmeccanica bribery trial begins in Italy court urged to summon Antony as witness
The trial of the former head of Italian defence group Finmeccanica began on Wednesday, with Giuseppe Orsi facing corruption charges over a deal to sell 12 helicopters to the Indian government.Bruno Spagnolini, the former chief executive of AgustaWestland -- the division of Finmeccanica that sold the helicopters -- is being tried alongside Orsi on the same charges.The scandal has raised the ...
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Meredith Kercher killed in sex game gone wrong Knox to be retried rules Italian court
retried for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, claiming the trial that acquitted them in March of 2011 presented a few inconsistencies. For their decision The Supreme Court held the previous ruling that Kercher had been killed by more than one person in a "sex game gone wrong" and overturned Knox and Sollecito's acquittal citing that there had been ...
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Former Italy Midfielder Gattuso Named Palermo Manager
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Telecom Italia eyes network deal with regulator by early 2014
ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia aims to reach a deal with Italy's telecommunications regulator AGCOM on the spin off of its domestic fixed line network by early next year, the company's chairman said on Wednesday.The board of Italy's biggest phone company approved on May 30 a plan to hive off fixed-line network assets into a new company, a move that could help it raise cash and ...
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New Italian government suggests pension changes
Following the appointment of the new Italian government, welfare minister, Maurizio Sacconi, has announced plans for the Italian pension system which may result in conflict with the country’s trade unions over the coming months. Sacconi appears to have made additions to proposals by the former Prodi-led government, which planned to phase in an increase in retirement ages and number ...
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Italian and Spanish Alpha League Table 2008 published
EDHEC Risk and Management Research Centre (EDHEC) and EuroPerformance fund analysis company have released the Alpha League Table, their 2008 rankings of the top Italian and Spanish asset management companies. The ranking system is based on a measure of alpha intensity, a performance measure that has been adjusted for the risks actually taken, for all active equity management in the ...
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Italian annuity provider selection process met with questions
The Italian Association of Pension funds (Assofondipensione) has agreed to take responsibility on behalf of its pension fund members to look for a common annuity provider, and has chosen an adviser to help with the selection process. However, global consulting firm, Watson Wyatt, has raised concerns because the consultant overseeing the selection process in government-owned agency ...
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NEWS FOCUS Consultants make Italian pension reform predictions
Italian consultants have given their predictions on what Berlusconi’s election as Italian Prime Minister for a third term could mean for the future of the country’s pensions. With a recent study by Euromonitor International revealing Italy’s public debt to be the highest in Europe, Berlusconi’s Government must address the issues affecting this. Pensions currently ...
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Yet more hiccups for Italian reform
IThe recent pension reforms in Italy may have left commentators underwhelmed but they are unlikely to be the final word on the subject. As European Pensions went to press (January) Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi had just resigned following a vote of no confidence against his government in the Italian Senate by 156 votes to 161. This means an end to his centre-left government and ...
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Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration Takes Place in Rome
Cathedrals and Dioceses Around the World Synchronize to Year of Faith Event in St. Peter's BasilicaBy StaffVATICAN CITY, June 04, 2013 (Zenit.org) - On Sunday at 5pm local time, cathedrals and dioceses around the world synchronized with the Holy Father in Rome during the Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration which took place in St. Peter's Basilica.The Year of Faith event is the first time ...
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Italian firms make pensions a priority
Eight out of ten Italian companies have said that company pension provision is central to their employee benefit and total reward policy, following recent legislation that removes some of the previous constraints on company pension provision. Until now, companies have been restricted by Italian legislation as to what they can offer employees, which has meant that 60% of Italian ...
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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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