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Salacious and Sober Collide Illustrating Hurdles for Italys Government
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Small menu major Italian flavors
The Italian word "piccolo" means diminutive or small and according to Randy See, the man behind the Piccolo Pizzeria and Bar restaurant chain in Hong Kong, they are staying true to their name with a "small menu and venues that are cozy and intimate". The third and newest location is in bustling Wan Chai. Piccolo is located on a side street across from the historic 1888 ...
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Italian cycling Americas killed in accident
MEXICO CITY: An Italian cyclist was killed in a hit-and-run in northern Mexico, cutting short a journey he began in Argentina with the hope of reaching Alaska in defiance of his diabetes, the Italian Embassy said Thursday.Mauro Talini, 40, was struck by a vehicle on Monday in the state of Sonora, near the US border, four months after departing from Ushuaia, in Argentina's southern tip.He ...
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Tiina Intelmann The United States and the ICC Support From Outside of the Rome Statute System Matters
ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity. As Secretary of State Kerry highlighted, "Impunity is the enemy of peace. Accountability is essential to preventing atrocities from taking place in the future." This article was published a few days after the United States, together with another non-State Party, Rwanda, faced issues directly linked to the International Criminal Court in ...
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Italian Team To Race In SF America’s Cup Owner Wants Safety Improvements
Members of the media gather at Luna Rossa to hear owner Patrizio Bertelli discuss his team’s participation in the America’s Cup. ...
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The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern
The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...
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Sports Briefing | Tennis Novak Djokovic Falls to Tomas Berdych at Italian Open
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 in Rome. It is the second consecutive week that Djokovic has struggled on clay; he also lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of the Madrid Open, where he was bothered by a right ankle injury. In the ...
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Tommy Battaglia 89 was mayor of Little Italy
Tommy Battaglia was just two when his family first moved to San Diego's Little Italy, and seven when he came back to live for good. The longtime owner of Tommy's Quality Meats, who gave hot dogs and pickles to the neighborhood children to draw their parents to his shop, became a personality in the community through the years and was dubbed the Mayor of Little ...
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Americas Cup Italians to race but want changes
ALAMEDA, Calif. -; The owner of the Italian entry in the America's Cup says his boat will compete this summer, but sought new safety measures after the death of a sailor on a training run last ...
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Sports Briefing | Cycling Vincenzo Nibali of Italy Maintains Lead in Giro dItalia
Mark Cavendish of Britain sprinted to victory in the 13th stage of the Giro ...
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Berdych stuns Djokovic in Rome quarterfinals
Novak Djokovic with a three-set win Friday in the quarterfinals of the Italian Masters in Rome. Berdych, seeded sixth, hadn't beaten Djokovic since a semifinal match at Wimbledon in 2010 and was just 1-14 versus Djokovic lifetime. With a solid first set and through seven games of the second it appeared that trend would continue, but Berdych rallied for a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 win. Djokovic said ...
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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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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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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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