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Stosur Djokovic crash out of Rome Masters
Italy Australia's Samantha Stosur bowed out of the Rome Masters after a three-set loss to nemesis Victoria Azarenka on Saturday morning.Stosur, whose win-loss record to the Belarusian now stretches to 0-8, lost out in a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 tussle as Azarenka advanced to a semi-final clash with Italy's Sara Errani.Azarenka won five straight games to take out the first set, before Stosur ...
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Nobel Prize Winner Participates at Vatican Conference
Development Biologist Says He Hopes to Bring Stem Cell Research to PublicBy Ann SchneibleVATICAN CITY, April 12, 2013 (Zenit.org) - In order for adult stem cell research and therapy to progress, says Nobel Prize winner Dr. John Gurdon, it is essential to promote awareness and understanding of this complex science.Dr. Gurdon was one of the keynote speakers of today's session of the Second ...
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Distraught Italy take pride in final defeat
There were tears on the pitch following Italy's defeat on penalties by Russia in the final, but the squad leaves Slovakia with "heads held high", according to striker Alberto ...
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Long-lost plaque commemorating MP found in Livornos Old English Cemetery
The Old English Cemetery, a resting place for generations of British adventurers, romantics and merchants in the Italian port of Livorno, has yielded an intriguing ...
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Vatican conference focus on new sects religious movements
About 40 Church officials participated in a May 16 conference at the Vatican on the challenges posed by new sects. The conference participants, drawn from different Vatican offices and pontifical universities, and from the Rome diocese, reflected on the need for a strong pastoral response to new religious movements. The conference was organized by four different Vatican offices: the Pontifical ...
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Rain floods cause emergencies in northern Italy
Heavy rains have caused flooding in northern Italy that has killed at least one person and caused significant disruption and damage, officials said. A man near Verona drowned in an underground garage, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Friday. The flooding triggered a landslide that blocked a railway near the city of Trento and 80 people were evacuated from two buildings in Lombardy after ...
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Ruby testifies at Milan trial of alleged Berlusconi pimps
Silvio Berlusconi says he invited her to his home and offered his help. Karima El Mahroug, a former nightclub dancer known as Ruby, testified Friday at the trial of three people accused of finding prostitutes for Berlusconi, Italy's ANSA news agency reported. The defendants in the case are retired TV anchorman Emilio Fede, former talent scout Lele Mora and Nicole Minetti, a former ...
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Serena Williams rolls in Italian Open semifinals
Serena Williams won her last eight games Friday in advancing to the semifinals of the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome. Williams was on the court 56 minutes is ...
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Italy on the plate by way of Ballard
Five-year-old Pasteria Lucchese specializes in handmade pastas plus a short roster of sauces and sweets found year-round at the Ballard Sunday Farmers Market and at other local seasonal ...
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Italy duo in top scorer foursome
Italy's Mario Pugliese and Elio Capradossiwere joined on a pair of goals by Slovakia defender Martin Slaninka and Switzerland winger Robin Kamber at the top of the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championshipscorers' ...
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Italian Derby Odds stacked in trainer Bottis favor
Email Sunday’s Group 2 Italian Derby at Capannelle Racecourse may go to top Italian trainer Stefano Botti by default. He trains five of the 12 runners in the race over 1 3/8 miles on turf.Botti has a strong team in the Italian Derby, a race that consists largely of Italian-based horses. The race is worth $435,360 to the winner.Botti’s team includes the stakes winners Biz the Nurse ...
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Italian State Tourist Board heads to Frankfurt for IMEX
FRANKFURT, Germany - ENIT, the Italian State Tourist Board, will participate in the 11th edition of IMEX, a major promotions platform for the international meetings industry. The aim is to make Italy the protagonist of top destinations for business tourism around the world, as well as to support the activity of internationalization of businesses in the sector. From May 21-23, approximately 9,000 ...
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Italian police arrest suspected Anonymous hackers
Italian police have arrested four suspected members of the internet hackers' collaborative known as "Anonymous," who are believed to be responsible for attacks on the internet sites of the Italian government and the Vatican, among others. The May 16 arrests, carried out in several different Italian cities, were the 2nd major law-enforcement effort against "Anonymous" in ...
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Exhibit of Argentine gauchos opens in Vatican - nostalgia for pope from the end of the earth
Photographs are displayed during the unveiling of the exhibition "Argentina. The Gaucho: Tradition, Art and Faith", in the Carlo Magno wing of Bernini's colonnade in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2013. If Pope Francis is getting a bit nostalgic, all he has to do is slip into St. Peter's Square for a dose of Argentine culture. In a remarkable ...
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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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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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Police arrest Anonymous suspects in Italy
Italian police arrested four suspected hackers Friday, accusing them of having taken control of the Italian branch of the Anonymous network. The alleged hackers, aged between 20 and 34, were placed under house arrest near the northern cities of Bologna, Turin and Venice, and in the southern town of Lecce. Six more people were placed formally under investigation and a total of 10 ...
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In Italy Austerity Is Served on Homemade Bread
recently released by Coldiretti, the association of Italian farmers, are staggering. Italians are buying record amounts of flour, eggs, and butter - the highest since World War II. A third of Italians are using these ingredients to make more pizza, and 19 percent are baking more bread at home. A combination of Italy's financial crisis and a greater awareness of local food are pushing ...
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Italy freezes hated property tax doesnt say how will make up shortfall
Italy’s coalition government is to freeze a controversial property tax, abolish the double salary received by government ministers who are also members of parliament and has pledged one billion euros to boost unemployment benefits for workers placed in special temporary redundancy schemes Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s centre right coalition partners wanted the property tax scrapped ...
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Italian Cabinet passes first economic measures
ROME -; Italy's new cross-party government has adopted its first measures to help the economy. They include suspending a tax on primary residences and allocating funds to extend a short-term layoff ...
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Italian police raid hackers who took on Vatican
ROME, Italy (AFP) - Italian police on Friday arrested four alleged hackers believed to belong to the activist group Anonymous for attacking websites, including those of the Vatican and the parliament in Rome.The four have been placed under house arrest and communications police carried out a dozen raids.They are suspected of launching computer attacks on "strategic and institutional ...
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Top-ranked Djokovic bounced in Rome
ROME (AP) -Top-ranked Novak Djokovic wasted a chance to serve out the match and was beaten 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 by sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych in the Italian Open quarterfinals ...
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Pioneering Italian Town Leads Europe in Waste Recycling
- Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and leader, not just in Italy but throughout all of Europe, as the continent’s first Zero Waste ...
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Sharapova pulls out of Rome
Russia's Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the Rome Open, citing "physical problems," the WTA said on Friday.The two-time winner of the tournament and World No.2 had been due to play Italy's Sara Errani in the quarterfinals. "I'm sorry for having to withdraw," Sharapova said. Errani, the World No.6, will now go through to the semifinals to meet the winner of ...
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Milan Fiorentina battle it out
AC Milan and Fiorentina's duel for Serie A's final Champions League place, and a Udinese-Lazio battle for Europa League qualification will bring the curtain down on the Italian season this weekend.With Juventus having wrapped up their 29th league title two weeks ago, and Napoli securing the second automatic qualifying place for the Champions League, the focus falls firmly on qualifying ...
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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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