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Mafia murder mystery
Just two days before the 15th anniversary of anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino’s assassination, Sicilian prosecutors revealed that they are investigating suspicions that ‘rogue elements’ in Italy’s secret services could have been involved. Borsellino was killed, alongside his five police escorts, by …
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Modern medicine moves slowly
Say goodbye to bland soup, cold meat and overcooked pasta. Hospital food in Italy will soon be tastier, healthier and cheaper following an agreement between Health minister Livia Turco and Carlo Petrini, founder of the ‘slow food’ movement. Italian hospitals serve …
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Iceman cometh
Italy is setting up a new lab in the northern city of Bolzano to gather and lead world research into its famed ‘Iceman’ mummy. Headed by German expert Albert Zink of Munich University, the new hi-tech science facility, called EURAC, will …
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The taxman rings twice
New measures introduced in the fight against tax evasion
Tax dodgers in Italy will need to be much quicker on their toes in light of the pumped-up mesures aimed at tackling Italy’s chronic tax evasion problem. Office chief Massimo Romano announced that a key element in the crackdown will be …
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China gets postal with pope
Letter to Asian Catholics suppressed by officials
Pope Benedict’s letter to Chinese Catholics, in which his Holiness called for greater religious freedom and increased dialogue, has vanished from China-based Catholic websites after a visit from state representatives, a Vatican-sponsored news agency recently reported. Meanwhile
Asia News reports that …
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Fiat 500 back where she belongs
Classic Cinquecento is revamped
Amid high consumer hopes, Fiat has un--veiled its most celebrated vehicle, the Cinquecento car. The modern remake of the classic Fiat 500, which enjoyed widespread success among Italian families in the booming 1960s and 1970s and quickly became a world-wide symbol …
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All that jazz,
Umbria jazz festival boasts over 250 concerts
Europe’s biggest jazz festival, Umbria Jazz, will be held in nine different locations in and around Perugia and will kick off the festivities with a street parade through the Umbrian capital’s historic city centre. Top jazz musicians from the US include …
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Every breath he takes
Italy’s most celebrated tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, is 30 kilos lighter and in a wheelchair as a result of a surgical intervention one year ago in New York. The 71-year-old was forced to cancel his two-year-long farewell tour last July when doctors …
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Only men can row, row, row,
Three female hopefuls, two Italians and a German, recently failed to penetrate the male-dominant world of Venetian gondoliering. According to the Venetian press, the three would-be gondoliers were admitted to a course to find 40 substitute gondoliers for the lagoon city, …
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Suits stay home,
In an environmentally conscious effort to reduce the use of air conditioners this summer, the Italian energy conglomerate ENI has decided to allow male staff to leave their neckties at home for the hot and humid summer months. In a memorandum …
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Al Gore has an announcement to make
Self-titled ‘former next president of the United States’, Al Gore, traveled to Milan weeks ago to deliver a speech to a room full of university students, scientists and professors at a Benetton-sponsored event organized around an environmental exhibit. During his speech, …
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Kidnapped
Claims of torture, CIA involvement and security on trial
The controversial trial on the kidnapping of Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Omar Nasr, which began June 8, has been suspended until October 24. The Constitutional Court needs time to determine whether prosecutors in the case overstepped their constitutional bounds by unnecessarily …
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Heard it through the grapevine
Speculation about Blairs next job includes Florence
What will Tony Blair do after leaving Downing Street on June 27? The secrecy surrounding the plans of Britain’s former prime minister for life after retirement has led to much media speculation and gossip.
Word has it that former prime minister of …
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A farewell to Ferre
Milan is mourning the loss of its beloved Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre, who died from complications of a brain hemorrhage. Known as the ‘architect of fashion’ for the architectural degree he earned from Milan’s Polytechnic Institute, Ferre gained international fame as …
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I scream, you scream
The Italian Senate recently decided to turn down a request for in-house ice cream. The two gelato-deprived senators claming that easier access to ice-cream would ‘improve the Senate’s quality of life’, were subsequently scolded for their absurd request. The issue was …
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Friday, May 24, 2013