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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 to Press Fiat Chief Over His Commitment to Country
Sergio Marchionne over concerns he's shifting the carmaker and heavy truck manufacturer Fiat Industrial SpA away from the country. Industry Minister Flavio Zanonato told ...
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Ex-captain of Concordia ship to face trial
A judge in Italy has ordered a trial for the ex-captain who allegedly abandoned the Costa Concordia cruise ship after it hit a rock last year. Francesco Schettino, who has been charged with dereliction of duty and multiple manslaughter, will face trial starting July 9, ANSA reported. Schettino was manning the Costa Concordia when it hit a rock on Jan. 13, 2012, near the island of Giglio. ...
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Rai attends Mass in Vatican
Middle East and I hope God will answer the prayers of the pontiff," said Rai. Rai took part in the daily Mass held at the Vatican and then held a closed-door meeting with the pope.The Lebanese Cardinal is attending a three-day conference dealing with the subject of migrants and refugees. During the first day of the conference, the cardinal addressed the situation in the Middle East and the ...
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Pope Francis urges Chinas Catholics to stay loyal to Rome
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics in China to remain loyal to the Vatican, whose authority is challenged by China's Communist rulers. China's Catholics number between 8 and 12 million and are divided between the state-sanctioned Catholic Patriotic Association, which has installed bishops without Vatican approval, and an "underground" wing loyal to the ...
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UPDATE 1-Terna sale shows foreign appetite for Italy assets
Wed May 22, 2013 8:58am EDT * Shares placed at 3.35 euros, discount of 4.6 pct * Follows major equity sale of Snam shares * Strong demand for Italian assets - UniCredit (Recasts lead, adds banker comment, shares) By Stephen Jewkes MILAN, May 22 (Reuters) - UK and U.S. based investors have bought 60 percent of a 360 million euro stake in Italian power grid operator Terna in a share offer that ...
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Pope Calls Missionaries of Charity House A Beautiful Reality Within the Vatican
Yesterday afternoon, Pope Francis visited the ‘Casa Dono di Maria’ (Gift of Mary House), a soup kitchen located within the Vatican and maintained by the Missionaries of Charity. The purpose of the Holy Father’s visit was to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Blessed Pope John Paul II granting custody of the house to Blessed Teresa of ...
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Italy Atlas Copco Deploys HB 4100 Breaker at Giglio Island
The work is the first phase of a major maritime engineering operation in which Atlas Copco is closely collaborating with Sales SpA, a well known Italian construction company specializing in infrastructure and maritime projects. For underwater demolition of granite rocks at a depth of ten meters, Sales SpA is using an Atlas Copco HB 4100 breaker , with a machine weight of 4,150 kg, attached to a ...
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Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy
ROME (AP) -- A judge in Italy has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia to stand trial in the shipwreck of the cruise liner, which struck a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 ...
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Vatican says credible against money laundering
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - The Vatican on Wednesday said it was a "credible partner" in the struggle against money laundering as it published its first-ever report on efforts to meet international rules on suspect financing.The Vatican "is already a credible partner," said Rene Bruelhart, director of the Vatican's Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), who was appointed last ...
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Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
VATICAN CITY -; The Vatican has taken another step in trying to show greater financial transparency by publishing a first annual report from its new financial watchdog ...
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Italy approves law on controversial stem cell therapy
Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of stem cell therapy which has been condemned by many scientists but has given hope to families of terminally-ill ...
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Slaughters Italian ally overhauls structure in generational shift
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Slaughter and May's Italian best friend, has overhauled its governance and structure and elected two new managing partners in a bid to ensure its ...
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Cannes Selection Shows Unraveling of Contemporary Italy
Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty," a nostalgic, melancholic ode to the eternal city Rome, is one of several films that touch on the unraveling of contemporary Italy in official selection at the Cannes film festival this year.Also competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or award to be handed out on May 26 is "Un Chateau en Italie" ("A Castle in Italy") by ...
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Italy’s Export Growth to Help Spur Recovery in 2014 Istat Says
Italian exports will record almost double-digit growth through 2014, helping the euro region's third-biggest economy recover next year, National Statistics Institute Istat said. Sales abroad of Italian goods and services will increase 9.7 percent in the two-year period, Rome-based Istat said today in its annual report. Exports of manufactured goods will advance 10 percent, with sales ...
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Millions falling into poverty in recession-racked Italy report
ROME (Reuters) - Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in the past two ...
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‘Cake Boss’ star and pastry chef Buddy Valastro to open Italian American restaurant at Palazzo
Elizabeth Blau of Blau & Associates with business partner Jason Lapin, center, and husband Kim Canteenwalla at Honey Salt, a new restaurant at 1031 S. Rampart Blvd. in Summerlin, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. END .inline-content ...
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Vatican denies Pope exorcism
exorcism after an Italian religious television channel said footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had. "The Holy Father did not intend to perform ...
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OSHA files eight violations against Palermos pizza firm
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued seven "serious" violations and one "other-than-serious" violation against Palmero Villa Inc., a Milwaukee frozen pizza firm. The violations carry proposed penalties that could total $38,500. The OSHA violations were announced Tuesday in a press release by Voces de la Frontera, the immigrant rights group ...
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Pope Francis exorcism just simple prayer Vatican says
Pope Francis didn’t intend to perform an exorcism Sunday in Rome when he prayed over a wheelchair-bound man. However, if demons fled the man’s body as a result, well, that’s just a bonus. Or at least so says the Vatican. On Tuesday, the Holy See released a statement that said Pope Francis didn’t perform the ancient ritual in front of TV cameras despite claims to the ...
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Vatican attempts to douse Pope exorcism allegations
Pope condemns Bangladesh 'slave labour' working conditions The Vatican has sought to dampen rumours Pope Francis performed an exorcisim on a wheelchair-bound young man following television footage of an unusual blessing. Italian religious channel, TV 2000, aired footage of the Pontiff placing both his hands on the head of the boy during a Pentecost ceremony on Sunday. It showed the ...
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Italys RCS MediaGroup Asks Banks to Revise Terms of Refinancing Deal
RCS MediaGroup SpA (RCS.MI) said Tuesday it has asked the financial entities involved in a refinancing deal with the Italian publisher to revise some of the terms and conditions of the agreement following the recent improvement seen in financial markets.The company, which publishes one of Italy's most influential daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera, in mid-April approved the terms of a ...
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Florence prisoner sentenced for gang-related stabbing
A prison gang member at the supermax Florence ADX has been sentenced to serve additional time after he stabbed another prisoner in a gang-related attack. Michael Kelewood, 27, was sentenced to seven more years on May 15 for stabbing another inmate multiple times with a homemade knife on April 5, 2012, according to a Tuesday news release from Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the United States ...
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Andy Murray withdraws from French Open with back injury
Andy Murray, Great Britain, hoists his trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic, Serbia, to win the men's championship at the U.S. Open held at the National Tennis Center on September 10, 2012 in New York. UPI Photo/Monika ...
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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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