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- Spainish police foil zeppelin jailbreak
MADRID: Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-metre-long zeppelin. 'The plan consisted of using a remotely controlled zeppelin to
- Globespotters: Rome, Mumbai and Prague
Excerpts from recent posts on the Globespotters blog, a travelers guide to cities around the world. Get travel news from those in the know. To make the most of Romes balmy summer nights, the gay scene migrates to the suburbs, where parking is easier and
- Ghanaian Immigrants' Kids and Their Michael Jackson's Syndrome.
July 2009 The Echoes of Michael Jackson: Blame your parents for your shortcomings and Iniquities. RELAX THIS IS NOT an Off-the wall tribute or thriller .I have no interest in rubbernecking or trivializing Michael Jacksons death---people make mistakes.
- Nigeria, Niger, Algeria Sign Pipeline Agreement
Nigeria, Niger and Algeria Friday signed an agreement to build a pipeline to take Nigerian gas across the Sahara to the Mediterranean, the BBC reports on its Web site. France's Total SA (TOT), Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN), Italy's Eni SpA (E) and
- Familiarize Yourself with Rome, the Amalfi Coast
Travel agents can experience Rome and the Amalfi Coast on this Fam trip. Spend one night in Rome at a centrally located hotel then transfer to the Sorrentine Coast and a villa for the next six nights. Tours to the following sites: Pompeii, Amalfi,
- Quake shakes G8 summit venue in Italy
ROME: A strong tremor struck L'Aquila, the Italian town that will host next week's G8 summit of world leaders, on Friday, shaking buildings, setting off car alarms and startling residents who lived through April's deadly quake. April's quake in L'Aquila
- Blank Rome Cuts Pay of New Associates to $130K
New associates at Blank Rome are getting a $15,000 pay cut. New salaries for first-year associates will drop to $130,000, while others will see pay cuts ranging from 2 percent to 10 percent, the reports. The firm announced the slashed salaries after at
- UK Only 74th, but Costa Rica Tops 'Happy Planet Index'
LONDON, July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- As the G8 prepare to meet in Italy this week, the second global ranking of the ecological efficiency with which the world's nations deliver long and happy lives for the people who live there - the 'Happy Planet Index' -
- Japanese tourists dispute big Italian restaurant check
They are way higher, quite a bit disproportionate. X Michele Laratta, police official They were looking for a bit of La Dolce Vita but what two Japanese tourists got in a restaurant in Rome left a bad taste in their mouths. They are way higher, quite a
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Italy became a nation-state belatedly - in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula and Sicily were united under King Victor Emmanuel. The Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini that took over after World War I led to a disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany and Italian defeat in World War II. Revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC) and joined the growing political and economic unification of Western Europe, including the introduction of the euro in 1999.
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