Italy court to decide Berlusconi's fate
ITALY'S top court is to begin crucial hearings for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi that could end the billionaire tycoon's parliamentary career and risk upsetting the country's fragile coalition.
Sharon Stone, 55, Rocks Bikini Body in Italy: Picture.
Sharon Stone is taking full advantage of the summer sun, by showing off her fit body in a tiny white bikini while on location in Italy. The 55-year-old Basic Instinct actress and divorced mother of three was photographed taking time out to relax and swim off the side of "La Lucia" with a friend on Wednesday, July 24. Going make-up free, the stunner took a dive off a boat, mingled with a mystery man on deck, and later read her iPad while wrapped in a beach towel. With her blonde hair pulled back and her sunglasses on, she then went for a more toned down look by accessorizing with a white kaftan and over-the-shoulder bag the following day.
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Victims of Italy World War II massacre remembered as Nazi war criminal turns 100
Victims of one of Italy’s largest World War II massacres were remembered on Monday as a former SS captain, who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the attack, turned 100.
July 30, 2013
Italian American Monuments, Gramsci-style
Laura E. Ruberto
Inside the Archive room of the Gramsci Monument, Forest Houses, Bronx, New York City
Upon visiting Thomas Hirschhorn’s Gramsci Monument in the Bronx, passing reflections on impermanence, aesthetics, and what makes something Italian American.
Italy investigators probe 100-foot ravine bus crash that killed 38
Investigators were on Monday trying to work out why a bus careered out of control into slow-moving traffic then plunged nearly 100 feet down a steep ravine in southern Italy, killing 38 people and injuring 16.
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Italy's 1st black minister demands end to racist remarks by anti-immigrant party members
Italy's first black minister has demanded that the leader of the anti-immigrant Northern League political party put "a clear and sharp" stop to racist remarks directed at her by members of his party.
All at Sea, but Not Sinking
One of the more polite metaphors Italian pundits are using these days to describe the political parties - all of them - is "all at sea." Within the Partito Democratico (PD), larger of the parties composing the government, quarrels have broken out over rules for a forthcoming national congress and proposed constitutional reform. Behind some of the tension in that party is the debate over the future role of the popular young mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi, who heads one party faction. But premier Enrico Letta remains at the helm, and even more popular than Renzi.
Papa Francesco in Brasile. "Fare casino": un'altra cosa
Le parole del Pontefice possono essere un felice viatico, una straordinaria provocazione al cambiamento. E nei documenti ufficiali il Vaticano ancora cerca di edulcorare il termine "casino" usando parafrasi per proteggere il passato: chiasso, clamore...
New York è INTERnazionale
La storia di Pino Mittiga che ha fondato L’Inter Club Javier Zanetti di New York
Italy investigates after A.C. Milan's Constant racially abused
The Italian soccer federation launched an investigation Wednesday after AC Milan midfielder Kevin Constant walked off the field following racist abuse during a friendly match.The incident took place Tuesday during a 2-1 friendly loss to home side Sassuolo in the Trofeo TIM tournament, which also involved Serie A champion Juventus.
Italy police arrest more than 100 people in Mafia crackdown
More than 100 people suspected of Mafia involvement were arrested Friday in Italy as police launched two separate operations near Rome and in the country's southern Calabria region.Police made 51 arrests in Ostia, a coastal community on the outskirts of the capital, for alleged crimes connected to the Sicilian Mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, police said in a statement.
It’s a zonkey! Zebra and donkey hybrid born in Italy
An illicit tryst between a zebra and a donkey has produced a love child like no other.Ippo the zonkey was born on Saturday into the gap between two worlds. His dad is a brawny zebra rescued from a failing zoo. His mom is a sassy female from a breed of endangered donkeys in Amiata, Italy.
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