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  • January 2008

    • Stradivarius Market Hits High Note

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 6, 08 2:10 PM CST

      Stradivarius Market Hits High Note

      (Newser) - The price of violins by 18th century Italian master Antonio Stradivari has shot through the roof in recent decades, with the instruments now worth 500 times their weight in gold, reports Der Spiegel. Three powerful dealers control a shadowy worldwide market rife with intrigue where frenzied collectors seek out the rare instruments that sell for millions. More »

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      Italy  • forgeries  • Stradivarius violin  • violin  • foreign market  • Stradivari

  • December 2007

    • Italian Syndicate Quietly Rules Europe's Cocaine Trade

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 27, 07 4:44 PM CST

      Italian Syndicate Quietly Rules Europe's Cocaine Trade

      (Newser) - Europe is gaining a foothold in the world’s cocaine trade, elbowing out the US as the largest market thanks to the bravado of one Italian crime syndicate. The ‘Ndrangheta mafia, based in the hills of southern Italy, has won prominence by dealing directly with Colombian kingpins and shunning the spotlight, the LA Times reports. The syndicate of 155 families has assets totaling $50 billion. More »

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      Germany  • United States  • Italy  • Europe  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug trafficking  • Mafia  • Cosa Nostra

    • Italians Fuss Over Airline Takeover

      Reuters  |  Dec 23, 07 2:20 PM CST

      Italians Fuss Over Airline Takeover

      (Newser) - News that Italy's national airline, Alitalia, is in danger of being taken over by Air France-KLM, the world's biggest airline by revenue, has sparked outrage among Italian interests who fear their local carrier will be stripped of major routes. The government promises to decide Alitalia's fate by mid-January, as politicians and labor leaders urge Rome to reject the offer. More »

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      Italy  • airline  • Rome  • Alitalia  • Air France KLM Group  • Northern League

    • Italy Depressed by News Story Calling Italy Depressed

      New York Times  |  Dec 22, 07 7:12 PM CST

      Italy Depressed by News Story Calling Italy Depressed

      (Newser) - In a self-referential moment, the New York Times interviews its own reporter, Ian Fisher, about the nationwide soul-searching set off in Italy by Fisher's Dec. 13 article that depicts Italians as wallowing in a collective funk. Fisher's description of a dispirited national mood has prompted an impassioned response from all corners. More »

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      Italy  • Vatican  • depression  • Giorgio Napolitano

    • Mold Ravages Da Vinci Codex

      Times (UK)  |  Dec 22, 07 8:04 AM CST

      Mold Ravages Da Vinci Codex

      (Newser) - An onslaught of red, black, and purple mold has turned the Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of writings and drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci, into a "precious sick patient," the Times of London reports. The mold, discovered by an American scholar, is attacking 12,000 codex sheets at a Milan library for lack of restoration funds. More »

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      Italy  • libraries  • Milan  • Leonardo da Vinci  • restoration  • mold

    • 'Group Attack' Led to Meredith Slaying: Judge

      Times (UK)  |  Dec 20, 07 12:36 PM CST

      'Group Attack' Led to Meredith Slaying: Judge

      (Newser) - An Italian judge yesterday upheld a decision to detain the three suspects in the murder of Meredith Kercher, saying that "none of them can be said to have played a passive role." The Times of London reports that the court in Perugia has seen evidence suggesting that Kercher's roommate Amanda Knox, her Italian boyfriend, and a third suspect all participated in a "group attack" on the British exchange student. More »

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      Italy  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • Perugia  • Raffaele Sollecito  • Rudy Hermann Guede

    • Italian Govt. Renames Baby

      Reuters  |  Dec 18, 07 1:45 PM CST

      Italian Govt. Renames Baby

      (Newser) - He was born, registered, and baptized Friday Germano, but the Italian government is calling him Gregory. The Germanos happen to like the name Friday, but 5 months after they gave it to their baby, a court in Genoa ruled that it had to be changed. In Italy, it seems, the law forbids giving children “ridiculous or shameful” first names, Reuters reports. More »

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      Italy  • parenting  • baby  • name

    • Collective Funk Settles on Italy

      New York Times  |  Dec 13, 07 8:52 PM CST

      Collective Funk Settles on Italy

      (Newser) - Italy is in a bad mood, and people from Venice to Naples are worried the current “malessere”—or “malaise—will never lift. On the heels of a Cambridge poll showing Italians to be the unhappiest folks in Europe, Ian Fisher of the New York Times finds a nation whose low-tech charms are wearing thin and whose inhabitants are weary of political corruption, organized crime, and economic doldrums. More »

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      Italy  • Mafia  • Leonardo da Vinci  • Caesars

    • Court Indeed a Mickey Mouse Operation

      Associated Press  |  Dec 5, 07 9:10 PM CST

      Court Indeed a Mickey Mouse Operation

      (Newser) - A man is on trial in Italy for counterfeiting Disney and Warner Bros. merchandise, and a surprising set of witnesses has been summoned: Tweety, Mickey Mouse, and Donald and Daisy Duck. Prosecutors in Naples blamed a clerical error for the summons, in which the Italian iterations of the cartoon characters—Titti, Paperino, Paperina and Topolino—were called to testify, the AP reports. More »

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      Italy  • Disney

    • Tape Puts Amanda at Murder Scene

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Dec 1, 07 2:04 PM CST

      Tape Puts Amanda at Murder Scene

      (Newser) - An American student suggested in a bugged jailhouse meeting with her parents that she was home when her flatmate in Italy was murdered, the Telegraph reports. The disclosure contradicts earlier claims by Amanda Knox. "From the bugged recording it is possible to understand that she was in the house," a police source says. "She denies everything, but we did submit this evidence." More »

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      murder  • Italy  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • sex crime  • extreme sex

  • November 2007

    • Murder Suspect 'Serene' Behind Bars in Italy

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 29, 07 5:12 PM CST

      Murder Suspect 'Serene' Behind Bars in Italy

      (Newser) - Amanda Knox, the American student suspected in a murder in Italy, told an Italian legislator she has adjusted to life in prison, a day before her lawyers will argue she should be placed instead under house arrest. The Times of London reports that Knox said the first few days were "very tough," but now she feels "serene." More »

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      Italy  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox

    • Ex-Getty Curator Ducks Relic Charge

      Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 27, 07 6:38 PM CST

      Ex-Getty Curator Ducks Relic Charge

      (Newser) - Greek judges cleared a former Getty Museum curator today of buying a looted golden wreath, the Los Angeles Times reports. They said the statute of limitations had ended on the charge that Marion True okayed purchasing the illegally dug up Greek artifact. But "at no stage of these proceedings was any proof of a crime presented by Greek prosecutors," her attorney said. More »

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      Italy  • Greece  • J. Paul Getty Museum  • looting

    • Amanda: 'I Didn't Kill Meredith'

      CNN  |  Nov 23, 07 10:11 AM CST

      Amanda: 'I Didn't Kill Meredith'

      (Newser) - A US student under suspicion in the murder of her British roommate  in Italy is claiming drugs have blurred her memory of the night Meredith Kercher was killed. In a statement obtained by CNN, Amanda Knox of Seattle insists she does know one thing: "I didn't kill Meredith." Knox told police she has only "flashes of blurred images" of what occurred. More »

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      murder  • Italy  • rape  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • Perugia  • Raffaele Sollecito  • Rudy Hermann Guede

    • Europeans Go for Coke

      BBC  |  Nov 22, 07 4:46 PM CST

      Europeans Go for Coke

      (Newser) - Cocaine is "Europe's stimulant of choice," according to a new study that says nearly five million Europeans used coke this year—a million more than last. The Spanish and British used it most, BBC reports, but Danes and Italians increased their usage most in 2007. Two million Europeans used the drug overall in the last month. An EU drug agency says it based its numbers on cocaine grabs across Europe, which jumped 45% in 2005. More »