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2 hrs ago | New York Times

An Italian Villa of Treasures Opens Its Doors

Andrea Doria was born in 1466 in Liguria, in northwestern Italy, of a patrician family, but in somewhat reduced circumstances.

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Related Topix: Arts, Painting, World News

6 hrs ago | WGN-TV Chicago

Berlusconi ousts long-time ally, vows his government will carry on

Silvio Berlusconi has split with his oldest political ally and co-founder of his party, a spectacular falling-out expected to make it harder for the premier to push disputed legislation through parliament.

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Related Topix: Silvio Berlusconi, Europe, World News

8 hrs ago | Journalism.co.uk

Online journalists in Italy protest Wiretapping bill's 'blog-killing clause'

Online journalists in Italy have signed a petition against a so-called "blog-killing clause" in the country's controversial new Wiretapping Bill.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Europe, World News, Silvio Berlusconi

12 hrs ago | BlabberMouth.net

OBSCURA/PESTILENCE Bassist To Emigrate To Italy

Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling , known for his signature six-string fretless playing in progressive death metal, will emigrate from Holland to Italy due to "significant changes" in his private life.

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Related Topix: Pestilence, Death-Metal, Nadir, World News

16 hrs ago | Slice

Serious Entertaining: Bellini Bar

Best for daytime sipping and hot weather, a Bellini bar is the perfect way to let your guests customize their drinks while you save some cash.

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Thu Jul 29, 2010

MSNBC

Italy seeks private sponsors to restore Colosseum

The Colosseum is one of the most recognized structures not just in Rome, but in all of Europe.

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Ottawa Citizen

George Clooney's girlfriend implicated in cocaine and prostitution scandal

A Elisabetta Canalis, a former showgirl who has been expected to marry American actor George Clooney, has been implicated in a sex and drugs scandal involving businessmen, celebrities and prostitutes, according to several reports out of Italy.

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Related Topix: Up in the Air, Drugs, Sex Scandal, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Comedy Movies, World News

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Bilson returns to 'How I Met Your Mother'

Rachel Bilson attends amfAR Milano 2009 red carpet, the Inaugural Milan Fashion Week event at La Permanente on September 28, 2009 in Milan, Italy.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Berlusconi-Fini row puts Italian government on the brink

Silvio Berlusconi's government was on the brink last night after open warfare broke out between the Italian prime minister and his most senior party colleague.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Silvio Berlusconi

Salon.com

Eternal City grapples with endless vandalism

They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain.

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Vancouver Sun

Italian vacation villa is a labour of amore

It's been a long and winding road back home to a tiny rural village in central Italy for Calgarian Michael Giammarco.

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Related Topix: World News, Travel

The Hartford Courant

New Britain: "Gypsy Reel" And "The Boys Of Wexford" To Give A Free...

Government Announcements Submitted by New Britain Downtown District on 2010-07-28.   The "Boys of Wexford" include Bloomfield resident Don Sineti, Steve Roys, Gary Butterly and Tony Morris.

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Related Topix: New Britain, CT, Bloomfield, CT, Celtic, Tommy Makem, Hartford, CT, World News,

Wed Jul 28, 2010

Telegraph.co.uk

Scientists investigate Stendhal Syndrome - fainting caused by great art

Italian scientists are to try to establish whether there really is such a phenomenon as 'Stendhal Syndrome' the giddiness and confusion supposedly caused when one looks at great works of art.

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International Herald Tribune

Europea s Two Economies: North vs. South

Last month, Fiat workers protested in Naples against Fiat's new production plan intended to help make its workforce more competitive.

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Boston Globe

A star is born . . . at Rocca

Monkfish and shrimp sausage, served with a mustard-tinted mascarpone and giardiniera.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Top Chef, Television, Life, Food, Dining, Nantucket, MA, World News

Queerty

Why Is The Italian Press Punting On the Gay Priest Sex Scandal?

This article was written by John Hooper, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 27th July 2010 09.00 UTC Not the least interesting aspect of the exposure of the double life of some gay Catholic priests in Rome is the way it was handled by the Italian media.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Sex Scandal, Roman Catholic Church, Religion,

China Daily

Italy junior minister investigated, scandal widens

An influence-peddling scandal that has already cost a member of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government his job widened on Tuesday as a second junior minister was put under investigation.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Silvio Berlusconi

The Globe and Mail

A sci-fi score for a silent classic

Gabriel Thibaudeau, composer of the new score for the revised version of the classic film Metropolis, at rehearsal in Montreal on July 22, 2010.

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Tue Jul 27, 2010

Sunday Times

BP's new boss promises proper 'checks and balances'

Bob Dudley, BP's new CEO, vowed yesterday to "change the culture" of how the company tackles safety issues following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

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Related Topix: Oil Spill, World News

KHWB-TV Houston

Sinking Venice worth the wade

When you know where to look, there is so much to see in Venice, Italy. Stepping ashore after a boat ride from the airport, I noticed everything seemed particularly vivid in this beautifully decrepit cityscape: pilings rotten at the water line; a funeral boat with an iron casket rack lashed to the center of the hull; chandeliers lighting a mansion's ...

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Related Topix: World News, Travel, Venice, Italy Travel, Italy Travel

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