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Clash of the Cardinals: The Italian-American media war heats up
The U.S. cardinals may have been barred from holding their popular daily press briefings but the war of words between the Italian cardinals and their allies – who are suspected of engineering the silencing – and the Americans only seemed to escalate.
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Cubs' Rizzo rides Team Italy wave home to Miami
Anthony Rizzo made a surprise appearance at Cubs camp Sunday - the surprise, of course, being that he wasn't back in camp for good.
Instead, he was just stopping by to get some of his stuff for his trip to Miami with the Cinderella team of the World Baseball Classic tournament
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Italy to seek some budget flexibility at EU summit: minister
Italy plans to ask its EU partners to agree to grant states that have nearly brought their budgets into balance more flexibility to increase deficits to finance public investment, European Affairs Minister Enzo Moavero said on Monday.
Italy centre-right lawmakers protest against Berlusconi trial
Dozens of parliamentarians from Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party demonstrated on Monday outside the Milan court hearing the former Italian prime minister's trial on charges of paying for sex with a minor.
March 9, 2013
"Liberated to Tell the Truth"
Brooklyn’s Sal Albanese returns to politics after 15 years – as a candidate for Mayor
Vatican: Conclave to start Tuesday to elect new pope
The conclave to select the next leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics will begin Tuesday, Vatican officials said Friday, capping a week of meetings among cardinals that created a stir over leaks and an eventual media blackout.
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Renzi big beneficiary of Italy vote, tops poll for premier
The big winner in Italy's election was populist leader Beppe Grillo, but young Florence mayor Matteo Renzi is emerging as a less obvious beneficiary of a huge protest vote that threatens to destroy the old political system.
The Grillini About to Hop into Parliament
The famous Ides of March of ancient Rome fell on March 15, the day when the tyrannical Julius Caesar was assassinated in the building where the Senate was meeting. His assassin was Brutus, acting on behalf of a group of conspirators known as the "Liberators." By coincidence, Italy's neo-deputies and senators take their seats in Parliament and the Senate on that very day.
Hovering Over St. Peter's, the Ghost of Vatileaks
Once again the Eternal City is the anxious setting for election of a new Pope, the 266th in history. On Thursday the last cardinal who can vote in the approaching Conclave arrived for what is, for the Roman Catholic Church, an epocal event - epocal but also traumatic because the resignation of Benedict XIV was completely unexpected. Hovering like a ghost over the proceedings, say Vaticanologists, is the scandal of Vatileaks, with its revelations of infighting and financial scandal within the Vatican.
Finazzer Flory's Pinocchio Hits New York City
At Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', Massimiliano Finazzer Flory proposes his version of "Pinocchio. The story of a puppet," written by Collodi in 1881. The show is a combination of narration, acting, dance and piano music that travels through the most important parts of the novel.
The Flavor of Authenticity at the New York Wine Expo
Over 8,000 consumers, trade representatives and members of the press flocked to the Expo over the weekend to indulge in a taste of authentic Italy. 41 Italian companies, including wine producers, olive oil manufacturers and importers, cheese makers and foodies, came together in the Italian Pavilion under the guidance of the Italian Trade Commission.
Talks, art and celebrations for International Women's Day
Whether the theme is 'A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women' as defined by the UN for 2013, or if it is 'The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum" chosen by the website internationalwomensday.com, the point is that March 8 is the day for women around the world to celebrate a day dedicated to them.
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