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Italy mulls tougher crackdown as tourists attacked

chron.com     26-Aug-2008   6 related          

ROME — The Italian government was considering ordering more troops on to the streets Tuesday after two brutal attacks on tourists within three days during an already tough crackdown against crime, according to a newspaper...                    

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PM to release love songs CD

news24.com     25-Aug-2008   9 related          

Rome - Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's flamboyant prime minister, is working on a new CD of love songs that he hopes to complete by December, a press report said on Monday. Berlusconi, who turns 72 next week, is teaming up...                    

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Holidays at Silvio Berlusconi’s luxury pad

cafebabel.com     25-Aug-2008          

Like every year, the Italian prime minister will be sunbathing at Villa Certosa in Sardinia. A paradise where Berlusconi is under the protection of the secret services - and the eyes of the paparazzi 'Same beach, same...                    

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Right Alliance Keeps Italians on Its Side

angus-reid.com     23-Aug-2008          

The governing alliance of right-wing parties has high public support in Italy, according to a poll by Crespi Ricerche. 50.5 per cent of respondents would vote for the Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL), the Northern...                    

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Pope Calls for Calm, Italy Rocked by Political Debate

catholic.org     22-Aug-2008   1 related          

Famiglia Cristiana caused the uproar last week when it compared the government's crackdown on gypsies, immigrants and the homeless to Benito Mussolini's racial laws. Benedict XVI has entered a fierce political row triggered by...                    

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The European Union and Georgia:

economist.com     21-Aug-2008          

Not even the Lisbon treaty could create European unity over RussiaNICOLAS SARKOZY, the French president, has certainly had a busy war. Since France has the rotating European Union presidency, he and his foreign minister,...                    

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No to State-Sanctioned Vengeance

bahamasnews.net     20-Aug-2008          

We agree wholeheartedly with Romano Prodi when he makes the point that, "Justice does not have to equal revenge." In this regard, Prodi has been recognized by his peers in Hands Off Cain as "…the person who, above all others,...                    

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Italy: Phoney "Robin Hood" tax

mathaba.net     20-Aug-2008          

The ''Finanziaria'' is an attempt by the right-wing Berlusconi government to score some points with low income sections of the Italian population while favouring the interests of business circles. Tremonti, a close friend of...                    

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NATO and Russia: No more business as usual?

freerepublic.com     19-Aug-2008   602 related          

NATO foreign ministers issue a warning to Russia, telling it to withdraw troops from Georgia NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels on Tuesday August 19th for an emergency summit, called by America, to discuss what to do...                    

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NATO and Russia:

economist.com     19-Aug-2008   431 related          

NATO foreign ministers issue a warning to Russia, telling it to withdraw troops from GeorgiaNATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels on Tuesday August 19th for an emergency summit, called by America, to discuss what to do...                    

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