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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Italy

Italy stories: 310 news summaries

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Police Nab
'Ninja' in Italy

Black-cloaked, bow-wielding bandit preyed on farmers 14th-century-style

Jun 13, 07 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A weeks-long manhunt in northern Italy for an elusive "ninja"-styled thief ended yesterday after cops pursued the robber as he fled through cornfields on a bicycle, the BBC reports. The culprit, his head wrapped in a black bandanna, had stolen onto several isolated farms at night and robbed... More »

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Russia • robbery • Italy • Robin Hood • Ninja • thief • farms

'Heresy' Goes Digital

Italians Catholics renouncing their faith turn to the Web for help with 'debaptism'

Jun 8, 07 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cutting ties with the Catholic Church is, in theory, a relatively simple matter known as "debaptism." More and more Italians who aren't worried about the Vatican's formal stance on what it calls "an act of apostasy, heresy or schism" are finding the documents they need online. Wired ... More »

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Internet • Catholic Church • Italy • religion • Vatican • debaptism

Italy Tries CIA Agents Accused of Kidnapping Terror Suspect

Seized imam moved to Egypt for interrogation

Jun 8, 07 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The controversial trial in absentia of 25 CIA operatives and a former head of Italian intelligence opens today in Milan, just as President Bush arrives in Italy. The International Herald Tribune reports on the implications of the case, which centers on the abduction of a Muslim terror suspect who was... More »

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CIA • rendition • Italy • kidnapping • Abu Omar • Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr • Egypt • trial • terrorist

Italy Acquits Five in "God's Banker" Murder

Judge cites insufficient evidence in 25-year-old mafia hanging

Jun 6, 07 9:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge in Rome exonerated five suspects on trial for the 1982 murder of Roberto Calvi, citing a lack of evidence. Calvi—known as "God's banker" for his closeness to the Vatican— was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London in a presumed suicide. Newly discovered forensic evidence led... More »

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fraud • London • Italy • Robert Calvi • Blackfriars Bridge • Freemason • Rome • God's banker • Vatican • Banco Ambrosiano • Mafia • banking • scandal

Naples Reeks as Garbage Dumps, Landfills Close

Trash crisis in
tourist mecca heats up along with weather

May 31, 07 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mounds of smelly garbage are piling up in the streets of Naples, as a shortage of places to dump it has reached a crisis: the last landfill in Naples closed Saturday. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is pleading with politicians and citizens to save the the country's image, the Times reports. More »

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Italy • trash • landfill • garbage • Naples • The Comorra • Giorgio Napolitano

German Firm Buys Tuscan Hamlet

Five remaining Italians see red (and yellow and black) as Goths invade

May 25, 07 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German company has bought up an entire town in Northern Italy, with plans to convert it into a giant "holiday world" resort. The Guardian reports that Hanover-based tour giant TUI payed upwards of $340 million for the 13th-century Tuscan village of Tenuta di Castelfalfi, whose crumbling ramparts, squares... More »

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travel • Italy • Tuscany • Germans • Northern Italy • TUI • Tenuta di Castelfalfi

(Newser) - Italian lenders UniCredit and Capitalia yesterday inked a $29.7 billion deal to create a bank with the world's fifth (and Europe's second) largest market cap. The hurried Rome merger indicates, according to the Wall Street Journal, a rush to consolidate Europe's banking sector, but also the persistent challenges to... More »

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European Union • Europe • Italy • Capitalia • UniCredit • merger • banking

(Newser) - Polish artist Pawel Althamer has placed a 70-foot long nude balloon in a plaza in Milan. It is a self-portrait of the artist.  In Italy such a sculpture is "nothing new."   A passing American commented that it "wouldn't fly" in the U.S. More »

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art • nudity • Italy • Pawel Althamer • Milan • hot air balloon

Police Defeat Fans, 11-0

Apr 5, 07 9:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - In Rome, a squad of determined Italian riot police prevailed over 11 Manchester United fans, sending them to the hospital. Over 5,000 Man U supporters crowded the stands at Rome's Stadio Olimpico; their team fell to Roma, 2-1, as they themselves lost by a greater margin to the disciplined... More »

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sports • Manchester United • Uefa • soccer riots • police • Italy • Rome • soccer • riots

Italians Ransom Journalist for 5 Taliban Prisoners

Widely criticized deal is first swap
for a hostage in Iraq or Afghanistan

Mar 22, 07 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Italian government bought the freedom of a kidnapped Italian journalist by arranging the release of five Taliban militants from an Afghan prison. The New York Times says it’s the first time prisoners have been openly exchanged in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan., and the move was widely... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • prison • jihad • Italy • kidnapping • war • journalist • hostage

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