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Obituary: Andrea Pininfarina

guardian.co.uk     7 hrs ago          

Third generation of the family firm pre-eminent among Italian car designers Andrea Pininfarina, who has died aged 51 in a traffic accident in Turin, presided over the most famous and prestigious name in Italian automobile...                    

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Dame Alison Munro: Forthright civil servant and High Mistress of St Paul's Girls' School

independent.co.uk     7 hrs ago   1 related          

Alison Munro was a Renaissance woman, all right – a highly successful senior civil servant, a brilliant international negotiator, a reforming and much-loved High Mistress of St Paul's Girls' School, in west London, chair...                    

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Ouch! Tilda Swinton reveals a painful-looking bunion

thisislondon.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

Everyone has their off day, even the well-groomed Tilda Swinton. The glamorous British actress revealed a painful-looking bunion on her swollen left foot as she arrived at the Late Show With David Letterman in New York...                    

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The Line Forms Here: Italy To Pay Libya 'Reparations' For Colonialism

sigcarlfred.blogspot.com     9 hrs ago   9 related          

The fine print: Perhaps more crucially for voters at home, Berlusconi received a written assurance from Gaddafi that his country will do more to stem the tide of illegal immigrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libyan...                    

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Alitalia Unions Are Given Deadline

wsj.com     5 hrs ago   2 related          

By Luca Di Leo and Guglielmo Valia Word Count: 362 | Companies Featured in This Article: Alitalia, Piaggio ROME -- Italian government officials gave Alitalia SpA's labor unions a one-week deadline to accept deep job cuts,...                    

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Sudan Catholics turn to Darfur saint (Reuters)

yahoo.com     6 hrs ago   2 related          

By Andrew Heavens and Skye Wheeler 10 minutes ago KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Josephine Bakhita, a former slave who died in 1947, has risen from obscurity to become the first saint from Darfur in western Sudan, a region...                    

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Down-staged liver cancer associated with good post-transplant outcomes

genengnews.com     9 hrs ago          

EUREKALERT Contact: Sean Wagner swagner@wiley.com Patients with liver cancer can become viable candidates for transplantation if their tumors respond to treatment, a new study suggests. This report is in the September...                    

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dailymail.co.uk: Eluana Englaro has been in an irreversible coma since the car crash in 1992 dailymail.co.uk

Daughter in coma for 16 years... but Italian health chiefs refuse family's wish to turn off life...

dailymail.co.uk     6 hrs ago          

Italian health officials have defied a court order and refused to switch off life support for a woman in a 16-year coma. Eluana Englaro, 35, has been in an irreversible coma since a car crash in 1992. Her father Beppe...                    

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Rice set for historic Libya visit

eleconomista.es     9 hrs ago   74 related          

Italy and Libya to sign landmark compensation accord (30/08) Italy's Berlusconi arrives in Libya to sign pact (30/08) By Sue Pleming LISBON (Reuters) - Condoleezza Rice travels to Libya onFriday, the first trip there by a...                    

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MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.: Silicon Peaks & Valleys

penton.com     10 hrs ago   2 related          

Wafer manufacturer records 6% sales increase in spite of production setbacks. Because as companies like MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. know full well, things are bound to go wrong every once in a while -- and sometimes...                    

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