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Italy Sampdoria defeats newly-crowned Juventus
Carlo Baroncini/AP MILAN (AP) -- Sampdoria became the only team to beat Juventus twice in the league under Antonio Conte as it secured a 3-2 victory over the newly-crowned Serie A champion on Saturday. Eder, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Mauro Icardi helped Sampdoria come from behind after Fabio Quagliarella had scored against his old team. Emanuele Giaccherini reduced the ...
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Qatar said to eye stake in Italys Versace
Qatar Holding and an Italian state-controlled investment fund are interested in investing in Italian fashion house Versace, Il Sole 24 Ore said on ...
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Works by Paraguayan Artists to Compete in 55 Venice Art Biennale
Asuncion, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Works of various Paraguayan artists will compete for the first time at the 55th Venice Biennale, was confirmed here. The creators selected for this occasion are Felix Toranzos, with his Lminas sobre el reloj de Atenas, for the category of consecrated, and Pedro Barrati with giant paintings on the interior facade of the pavilion Paraguay. In addition, Diana Rossi ...
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Super rice top China draw for 2015 Milan Expo
It will cover some 4,500 square meters, second in size only to the 4,900-square-meter Germany Pavilion, said Wang Jinzhen, vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International ...
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Nadal beat Berdych to reach final in Rome
Fifth seed Rafael Nadal reached his eighth final in a row on Saturday as he beat Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Italian Open final.The final could be a dream for the fans if second seed Roger Federer beats French upstart Benoit Paire in the other semi-final.Berdych, who ousted world number one Novak Djokovic, was given little chance facing six-time champion Nadal, who converted three of all ...
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Sports Briefing | Cycling Mauro Santambrogio Wins 14th Stage of Giro dItalia
Mauro Santambrogio of Italy won the 14th stage of the Giro ...
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Soccer star David Beckham earns assist in likely final game
David Beckham assisted on a goal Saturday in what was likely the final game of his career, a 3-1 win by Paris Saint-Germain over Brest. Beckham, who was given the captain's arm band prior to the contest, set up a Paris Saint-Germain score in the 31st minute with an accurate pass to Blaise Matuidi, who fired it into the back of the net. The former England captain helped PSG claim the Ligue ...
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The Venice Biennale preview Let the art games commence
Next month, the Vatican, Jeremy Deller and Carl Jung will be showing their etchings at the greatest art show on Earth. Marcus Field, a Giardini veteran, marks your card for the pavilions, the people and the ...
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Hamish McRae Should Italy push for more fiscal prudence in this age of austerity
One of the country's most respected financial journalists and commentators Hamish McRae is an associate editor of The Independent. He was named Business and Finance Journalist of the Year 2006 at the British Press ...
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Pope greets prayer rally in Vatican
Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians there. Earlier in the day, the pope met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who made a brief visit to Rome, ...
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Qatar Holding acquires 40 of Italys Porta Nuova
Qatar Holding has agreed to buy a 40% stake in Milan's real estate development project Porta Nuova for an undisclosed sum, Reuters has reported. Qatar Holding will subscribe to newly issued shares with the remaining 60% staying in the hands of the current sponsors of the project, Porta Nouva developer, Hines Italia SGR, and Qatar Holding ...
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Italian Open final features two of the best rivalries in tennis
Rafael Nadal’s rivalry with Roger Federer has hardly been close on clay, where Nadal sports a gaudy 12-2 record. (Clive Mason/Getty Images) ROME — Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will meet for the 30th time in their careers in the final of the Italian Open on Sunday. Nadal cruised past Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 in the first semifinal on Saturday and Roger Federer pulled out a scratchy ...
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Federer and Nadal set for Rome finale
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will re-ignite their famous rivalry once more in the final of the Internazionali d'Italia on Sunday after both came through their last four clashes in Rome. The pair have won 28 grand slam titles between themselves and have met 29 times during the years, with Nadal leading the head to head 19-10, which includes a 6-4 6-2 victory when they last faced off in ...
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Thousands rally against Italys new government
Map: Italy Thousands of protesters have rallied in Rome against the policies of Italy's new coalition government.Led by trade unionists wielding red flags and placards, they urged centre-left prime minister Enrico Letta to scrap austerity measures and focus on job creation.After less than a month in power, Mr Letta is trying to hold together a coalition between his centre-left Democratic ...
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Qatar Holding Italy fund eying Versace - paper
Reuters © Pedestrians walk past the Versace store on Fifth Avenue in New York October 8, 2009. U.S. retailers posted their first monthly sales increase in more than a year. REUTERS/Lucas ...
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Thousands rally in Italy to oppose austerity measures
By Carmelo Carmilli and Roberto Mignucci, Reuters Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession. "We hope that this government will finally start listening to us because we are losing our patience," said Enzo Bernardis, who ...
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Azarenka sets up Williams final in Rome
Italy World number one Serena Williams said she hoped to improve her game for the French Open despite easing into the Rome Open final after ending qualifier Simona Halep's dream week in the Italian capital with a 6-3, 6-0 victory.Williams, the 15-time grand slam winner, stretched her consecutive wins to 23 ahead of her first final meeting with Victoria Azarenka since her defeat to the ...
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Thousands of protesters join anti-austerity march in Rome
march in Rome on Saturday, protesting against the new coalition government's austerity measures. The metal workers union FIOM said the rally was to demand "the right to jobs, training and health care". "We cannot wait any longer," said FIOM ...
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Williams and Azarenka to meet in Rome finale
Serena Williams will be gunning for her fourth successive title when she takes on Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Internazionali d'Italia tomorrow. Williams breezed past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3 6-0 in a little over an hour for her 23rd consecutive win on the WTA Tour - a run that has seen her win titles in Miami, Charleston and Madrid in recent weeks. The world number ...
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Weather forces change to Giro dItalia route
Giro d'Italia organisers have been forced to drop tomorrow's planned stage finish at the summit of the famous Col du Galibier due to continuing bad weather. Stage 15 of the race was due to offer a nod to this year's 100th running of the Tour de France by including the famous summit in the French Alps. However, poor weather has hampered the Giro so far, with today's mountain ...
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Rome protest turns up heat on new leader Enrico Letta
ROME--Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of ...
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Pope Francis leads pep rally at Vatican meets with German Chancellor Merkel
Pope Francis toured St. Peter's Square to greet tens of thousands of people attending a rally of prayer, music and speeches Saturday, and he embraced the brother of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated in his country after calling for greater religious freedom for Christians ...
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Nadal reaches Italian Open finals
Tomas Berdych at the Italian Open semifinals. Nadal needed 78 minutes to get past Berdych 6-2, 6-4 and clinch a spot in Sunday's championship match at ...
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An emotional Nadal reaches Rome final
Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after winning his men's singles semi-final match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 18, 2013. (TONY ...
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Vincenzo Nibali on course for Giro dItalia victory after strong ride
Giro d'Italia thanks to his strong ride on the Jafferau climb; the winner was his fellow Italian, the pint-sized climber Mauro Santambrogio. If Nibali does wear the pink jersey as far as Brescia next Sunday, that victory will be seen as an old-school one forged in the spring snow, which yesterday caused the stage to be diverted to a sleet-lashed finish.It was firmly, if frigidly, in a Giro ...
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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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