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Italian sunbathers continue to enjoy themselves on beach despite corpse yards away
Two women sounded the alarm when they noticed the body of the woman in the surf. But the swimmers and sunbathers didn't let it prevent them from having ...
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Japan look to avoid early exit face Italy next
RECIFE, Brazil (AFP) - The task facing both, Asian champions Japan and three-time world champions Italy is clear cut in Recife at the Confederations Cup.An Italian win on Wednesday, on the heels of Sunday's success over Olympic champions Mexico should propel the Azzurri into the semi-finals, while also ending the Blue Samurais' interest in this summer's event.The pressure is off ...
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Spain retains UEFA Under-21 crown
Spain won the 2013 UEFA U-21 soccer championship over Italy with a score of 4-2 on Tuesday evening at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.Spanish captain Thiago Alcantara hit a hat-trick in the first half which ended 3-1 in Spain's favor.After the restart, Spain proceeded their attack and scored through Isco's penalty kick in the 66th minute. In the 80th minute, Fabio Borini pulled one back ...
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Head of Italian antitrust authority calls for more competition in
The president of Italian antitrust authority on Tuesday called for more competition to stimulate the economy both at national and European levels.Returning to growth requires structural reforms that increase competition, Giovanni Pitruzzella said while presenting the annual report of Italian Market Competition Guarantee Authority."Policy for competition constitutes one of the most important ...
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Officials Accused of Covering Up Italian Olympians Doping
Investigators in Italy say officials for track and ...
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Kagawa the Dangerman for Japan Says Italys De Rossi
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California prosecutors Man threw ex-wife off cruise ship in Italy
By Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News A man was arraigned on indictment for murder on Monday by a California grand jury for throwing his ex-wife over the side of a cruise ship, according to the Orange County District Attorney.The indictment against Lonnie Loren Kocontes, 55, includes one felony count of murder for financial ...
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Spain beats Italy to win Euro Under-21 final
Alex Grimm/Getty Images JERUSALEM -- Thiago Alcantara scored a first-half hat trick as Spain turned on the style to beat Italy 4-2 on Tuesday and win the European Under-21 championship for a second consecutive time. Italy started as the brighter side at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium but the Spanish players, captained by Thiago, soon gained control and took the lead after just six ...
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Italian court on reason for Knox retrial Evidence neglected
Amanda Knox spent four years in jail because of murder charges in the death of her roommate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. She and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 to 25 years in prison (Sollecito got 26 years). The conviction was overturned in 2011. Here's a look at the characters in Knox's ...
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Italian school bomber gets life
A 69-year-old man who placed a bomb in a waste bin outside a school in southern Italy last year, killing a teenage girl and wounding nine other children, has been given a life sentence by a court in Brindisi. Giovanni Vantaggiato gave no motive for the attack, which shocked the country and put security services on high ...
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Italys highest court says Amanda Knox acquittal was flawed
Amanda Knox speaks with her legal team in Perugia's Court of Appeal during the first session of her appeal against her murder conviction on November 24, 2010 in Perugia, Italy. (Oli Scarff, Getty ...
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Heads Up In Milan a Surge of Burger Spots
It is just one of a spate of burger bars and restaurants that have popped up across this refined northern Italian city in recent years, fueled by a fascination with American comfort food and its implicit casualness -- the antithesis of the lingering, multicourse traditional Italian meal. The most intriguing of these new spots use high-end ingredients that are distinctly Italian in provenance but ...
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First Italian jihadi killed in Syria
An Italian fighting with rebels in Syria has been killed. 20 year-old Giuliano Ibrahim Delnevo from Genoa was a convert to Islam from a Catholic family, and is believed to be the first Italian jihadi to die in combat. He was under investigation for terrorist recruitment in Genoa at the time of his ...
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Thirteen arrested in Italian plant-smuggling operation
Thirteen people have been arrested in northern Italy after they tried to smuggle thousands of protected and hallucinogenic plants, police said Tuesday. The suspects face charges including drug smuggling, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. Forest guards seized 1,700 protected cactus plants and 600 peyote plants in the arrest, investigators said. Peyote is known to induce hallucinations. ...
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Police arrest alleged prostitute at old folks home
Italian police said they've uncovered a woman who was allegedly turning tricks at an old folks home in Florence. The woman, a 42-year-old Romanian national, was a former employee at the Il Borro assisted living center when she fell on hard luck. Administrators allowed the woman to live there rent-free from 2011 to 2012. What they didn't know is she was a prostitute, ANSA news agency ...
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Italys special group gave everything says Verratti
Italy midfielder Marco Verratti hailed a "truly special group" and could not fault his team-mates who "gave everything" but came up short against a superior Spain in the ...
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Spain doubles up Italy to win U-21 European championship
Thiago Alcantara scored a first-half hat trick as Spain turned on the style to beat Italy 4-2 on Tuesday and win the European Under-21 championship for a second consecutive time. Italy started as the brighter side at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium but Spain, captained by Thiago, soon gained control and took the lead after just six minutes. Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata stormed past the ...
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Vodafone Eyes Italian Asset Fastweb
Vodafone Group Plc. ( ), the second-largest wireless carrier in the world, is considering to acquire Italian fixed line operator, Fastweb S.P.A. The move is viewed as an attempt by the company to bolster its landline and internet assets. Fastweb, a unit of Swisscom AG, is Italy's third-largest retail broadband operator and is reported to have 1.9 million customers. This is the third ...
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Italy court sentences man for school bomb murder
A portrait of 16-year-old Melissa Bassi, who was killed by a bomb that exploded in front of her school before classes on Saturday, hangs beside an Italy flag ahead of her funeral service in Mesagne, near Brindisi May 21, ...
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Italy U21 2-4 Spain U21 Thiago treble
Thiago Alcantara inspired Spain Under-21s to European Championship glory, with the reported Manchester United target hitting a hat-trick as Italy were defeated in Jerusalem.The 22-year-old Barcelona midfielder has been regularly linked with a move to Old Trafford and saw his considerable stock rise further as Spain stylishly disposed of the country of his birth.Alcantara, part of the Spain side ...
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Italian beachgoers ignore dead bodies on shores
Sunny skies, the sound of waves rolling into the shore and dead bodies. Just another day at the beach for some people in Italy. Two foreigners died Monday on beaches in Italy, but beachgoers appeared unfazed at the sight of the dead bodies, which were covered with sheets before being taken by emergency services, The Telegraph reports. In the resort region of Formia, outside Naples, ...
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Save the Children thanks pope for words on non-violent parenting
The charity Save the Children thanked Pope Francis Tuesday for a homily in Vatican City in which he urged parents not to slap children. The papal admonition came during Francis' homily during a Monday mass in which he evoked Jesus' instruction: "If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also." He said parents who scold children should never slap them ...
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Spain close on Italy in all-time Under-21 rankings
Spain's 4-2 triumph in Israel, their fourth UEFA European Under-21 Championship title, took them within one of opponents Italy's record haul of ...
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Knox murder acquittal had inconsistencies Italian court
American Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend contained "shortcomings, contradictions and inconsistencies". Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito were initially found guilty of killing the 21-year-old Leeds University student in 2007 during a drug-fuelled sexual assault, but both were cleared on appeal in 2011. In March this year, Italy's top appeals court overturned that acquittal and ...
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Christian minority must bring hope to a suffering society Pope tells Roman faithful
Faithful Christians today must reach out to a society in desperate need, Pope Francis told the people of the Rome diocese on June 18. Speaking at the opening of an Ecclesial Congress for the Rome diocese, the Pope spoke about the urgent spiritual need of many people living in 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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