“Antonio, Antonio… svegliati! Ho sentito il terremoto!”
Riceviamo e pubblichiamo il resoconto-diario di Pino de Maria dall'Abruzzo. Sono pagine drammatiche sulla notte del terremoto. Vissute in prima persona e riferite - come ha commentato il suo caro amico e nostro blogger, Peter Carravetta - con "lucida emozione"
Fiat- Chrysler deal '50% chance'. Unspecified 'Plan B' if linkup falls through
ANSA. iat's proposed deal with Chrysler has a 50% chance of being sealed, Fiat chief Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said Thursday. ''The operation has a 50% chance of being realised,'' Montezemolo told students at the LUISS business school here. (Read the article)
Quake: Mafia 'will be kept out'. Berlusconi says 38 monuments to go up for foreign adoption
ANSA. Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised Thursday that the Mafia would be kept out of the reconstruction of Abruzzo capital L'Aquila and neighboring towns devastated by the April 6 earthquake. (Read the article)
Mayor is what puts ruined Sicily town on the map
Vittorio Sgarbi, a man in the public eye who courts controversy, has taken up the case of Salemi, a Sicilian town destroyed in an earthquake. He's offering homes for barely more than a dollar. (Read the article by Serbastian Rotella)
Pope turns 82; new kid's book details daily life
Entertainment AP. New illustrated children's book detailing Pope Benedict XVI's daily life was published Thursday as the pontiff celebrated his 82nd birthday in the quiet company of his older brother. (Read the article)
Abruzzo: Solidarietà tra sensibilità e sfiducia
Gli italiani vivono non solo la violenza e la tragicità della forza della natura, condividono anche un grande senso di impotenza e di rassegnazione in merito al futuro. Questo perchè purtroppo non sempre la ricostruzione in Italia è andata come doveva andare...
Barletta celebrates the countryside. New show looks at landscapes from 19th and 20th centuries
ANSA. The coastal town of Barletta is to pay tribute to the glories of the southern and central Italian countryside, with an upcoming exhibition of paintings produced in the 19th and early 20th century. (Read the article)
U.S. Getty museum gets first art under Italy deal
REUTERS. California's Getty Museum, one of the world's richest art institutions, has received the first two artworks from Italy under a deal that settled a 2006 dispute over looted antiquities. (Read the article)
Italy state TV fires cartoonist for quake drawing
REUTERS. One of Italy's most popular cartoonists has been fired by state television company RAI for an anti-government drawing deemed offensive to victims of last week's earthquake.Vauro Senese's dismissal on Wednesday sparked an angry reaction from the center-left opposition which branded it censorship underscoring the grip that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has over Italy's media. (Read the article by Gavin Jones)
Tina Modotti – “Some Kind of Lady!”
While we fret about College Board AP Italian, our diasporic history and culture continues MELTING into the POT.
"Dear unfortunate friends who have lost your homes..."
The famous Italian writer addresses a letter to her unfortunate Abruzzese fellows. i-Italy has translated the text for its readers. Hers are words filled with deep sadness but also great hope. She also mentions her important upcoming project: the opening of camp libraries for the displaced people in the Region
Mediterranean bluefin tuna stocks collapsing now as fishing season opens
WWF. As the Mediterranean’s bloated fishing fleets ready themselves for the opening of the bluefin tuna fishery tomorrow, WWF has released an analysis showing that the bluefin breeding population will disappear by 2012 under the current fishing regime. (Read the article)
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