Bologna's Human Rights Nights. 10- day film and arts festival
ANSA. Bologna is hosting a 10-day celebration of diversity and dignity with a film and arts festival devoted to human rights. Human Rights Nights, opening on Friday, will screen some 50 films from around the world, including features, shorts and documentaries. (Read the article)
Italy's Il Sole to shut free daily as ads sag
REUTERS. Italy's Il Sole 24 Ore SpA will shut down its free daily newspaper 24 Minuti because of the sagging advertising market, the publishing group said on Thursday. 24 Minuti will shut down on April 1, Il Sole said in a statement. The daily was distributed in Rome and Milan. The move was taken "in response to the negative trend of the Italian advertising market in 2008 and the further deterioration in the opening months of 2009", it said. (Read the Article)
Dalla Sardegna a New York. Obiettivo Jazz per Daniela Zedda
Solitude". La mostra fotografica di Daniela Zedda dalla Sardegna a New york. 80 scatti per rappresentare tutta la forza della musica
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RWANDA: 15 Years after the Genocide. Is Healing Possible?
It took the International Criminal Court in Tanzania 15 years to convict one of the masterminds of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Colonel Théoneste Bagasora. But just on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the genocide that saw more than 800,000 people brutally murdered in less than 100 days, this verdict came as a great victory for the people of this small land locked nation in central Africa.
In the Mood for Amatriciana? Try Sora Lella!
By crossing the threshold of Sora Lella restaurant, you enter an environment where rustic elegance is well blended with the strong and intriguing smells of the popular and rich Roman cuisine. There an ordinary dinner in Soho easily becomes a scene from William Wyler's “Vacanze Romane”
March 25, 2009
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RWANDA: 15 Years after the Genocide. Is Healing Possible?
Photos by Sarah Bones
It took the International Criminal Court in Tanzania 15 years to convict one of the masterminds of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Colonel Théoneste Bagasora. But just on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the genocide that saw more than 800,000 people brutally murdered in less than 100 days, this verdict came as a great victory for the people of this small land locked nation in central Africa.
March 25, 2009
Chalking Memory
Joseph Sciorra
Chalk memorial to Triangle Factory Fire victims, 509 East 13th Street, New York, March 25, 2009.
Remembering the victims of the Triangle Factory Fire victims.
Sicilian Film Festival raises its curtains again. The 4th edition in Miami
The IV Sicilian Film Festival of Miami, the American display of Sicilian cinematography. It will take place from the 12th to the 19th of April, 2009 at the Miami Beach Cinematheque. The 2008 edition winner Franco Nero will present his new movie "Diceria dell'untore"
Greece returns 13th century murals to Italy
REUTERS. Greece has returned to Italy two murals smuggled from an Italian church more than 20 years ago, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday. The frescoes dating to the 13th century were seized from the church in the southern region of Campania, in 1982. Greek police found them in 2006 on a small island in the southern Aegean during an anti-smuggling mission (Read the Article)
Italian Consumer Confidence Falls In March
AGI NEWS ON. The index as calculated by the ISAE (Italian institute for economic studies and analysis) has dropped from 104 to 99.8, going back to the values seen at the end of last year. The index for the general economic outlook has dropped even more, from February's 70.4 to 62.1. (Read the Article)
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