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LJUBOMIR MILASIN
May 4, 2010
AFP
Italian police have fined a woman 500 euros ($A712) for wearing a full Islamic veil - the first punishment of its kind in Italy but the latest in a wave of sanctions against the burqa in Europe.
The 26-year-old Tunisian woman was walking in a street in the northwestern city of Novara on […]
Nero’s banquet hall uncovered in Rome
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Associated Press
ROME – Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero’s extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the earth’s movement.
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Images: (forkandspoon)asoftplacetoland-kimba.blogspot.com via 1.bp.blogspot.com; (Ustinov in Quo Vadis) theancientweb.com; (square […]
Photographs and column are here.
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Did you know that the largest attendance to see a Major League team
was not at a venue in the United States?
On October 18, 1936 Nuremberg Stadium recorded an attendance of 322,463 to watch the St. Louis Browns take on the Cologne Atomizers of the Hanseatic League. Baseball Commissioner Keenesaw Mountain […]
Mayor challenges pope during Genoa visit
18 May 2008 17:45:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Philip Pullella
GENOA, Italy, May 18 (Reuters) - The pro-abortion mayor of this large northwestern port city suggested to Pope Benedict in a public address on Sunday that the Church could not impose its views on the personal choices of citizens in a lay state.
Speaking […]
One has to appreciate the Italian feeling for industrial design.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of […]
NAPLES ‘44 immediately comes to mind–but this New York Times piece and a post by Vincenzo Kolchak belie my observation.
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January 15, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor
Our Fetid City
By ELENA FERRANTE
Naples, Italy
AT night the mice and the dogs are masters. The garbage is piled up to the second floor of the houses, and in the darkness it comes […]
Saints on cellphones spark controversy in Italy
By Philip Pullella 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
ROME (Reuters) - If you are a Catholic looking for a saint in heaven to protect you, you no longer have to carry a small “holy card.” You can get the image sent to your cellphone.
A company in Italy started offering the […]
“…Angelina joined Brad on the red carpet for a screening of
The Assassination of Jesse James in France.”
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Actor Casey Affleck plays Jesse’s brother, King Louis XIII. Brad Pitt is Jesse James. Director Andrew Dominik’s only other film was CHOPPER–the bio-pic of Robespierre. Actor Sam Shepard’s brilliant portrayal of Cardinal Richelieu steals the movie.
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Ms. Jolie was not […]
Arab princesses kicked off British Airways plane to jeers and whistles after refusing to sit next to male strangers
By RAY MASSEY
Last updated at 11:45am on 28th July 2007
The delayed plane sat on a baking Italian runway for almost three hours
Three Arab princesses were thrown off a packed British Airways flight after refusing to sit next […]
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Archaeologists dig up Roman bath complex
By MARTA FALCONI, Associated Press Writer
ROME - Archaeologists said Thursday they have partly dug up a second-century bath complex believed to be part of the vast, luxurious residence of a wealthy Roman.
The two-story complex, which extends for at least 5 acres, includes exceptionally well-preserved decorated hot rooms, vaults, changing rooms, […]