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NEWS ABOUT: roman

roman stories: 2 news summaries

 Roman Soccer Fans 
 Will Kick, Er, 
 Stab Your Butt 

Anyway you slice it, extreme fans like to attack from behind

May 28, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - People who attend soccer games in Rome have to watch their backsides, warns the BBC. That's because Romans are particularly fond of stabbing rival fans in the butt. Stabbings are "now so frequent they're hardly reported in the press," said a professor who has studied the attacks. "... More »

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Italy • Rome • soccer • stabbing • roman • fans • Roman Empire • knife • Jay-ZTV • soccer violence

Translating 'Dot Com' into Cyrillic

Domain names in non-Roman alphabet
to be tested by Net managers

Oct 11, 07 11:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - On Monday the Internet's global reach will extend further when it tests non-Roman character domain names. For years, non-English speakers have petitioned the US and companies controlling the Internet for domain names in their native language, the BBC reports. But ICANN, the nonprofit corporation which allocates domains, has been afraid... More »

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Internet • Hindi • ICANN • roman • alphabet • cyrillic • Urdu

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