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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Northern Italy

Northern Italy stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - A train carrying liquefied natural gas derailed in Italy tonight, causing explosions that killed at least six people and injured dozens more, the Times of London reports. The train jumped the tracks as it was leaving the station in the northern town of Viareggio, triggering the explosion of two gas-filled... More »

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Italy • Tuscany • Northern Italy • explosion • natural gas • LNG • train crash

 'Vampire' Unearthed in Venice 

Gravediggers took steps to stop corpse feasting on other plague victims

Mar 14, 09 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian archeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient vampire-slaying ritual in a 16th-century plague pit near Venice, the AP reports. A female skeleton was unearthed with a brick wedged between her jaws, in what experts believe was an attempt by superstitious gravediggers to stop the corpse from eating through its... More »

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archaeology • plague • Northern Italy • superstition • Venice • vampire

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

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