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03 Nov 2010 21:10

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World: Greece stops overseas air mail ’cause THEY KEEP MAILING BOMBS

  • 48 hours until they consider mailing another package overseas
  • bad Two Greek dudes were arrested earlier this week for trying to send a parcel bomb to French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Yikes.
  • worse A package addressed to Italian president Silvio Berlusconi blew up at an Italian airport. Yeah, you guessed it –the package came from Greece.
  • worst Another mail bomb showed up AT THE OFFICE of German chancellor Angela Merkel. Also from Greece. Crap. source
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13 Jul 2010 23:13

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World: Mafia Wars, lost: An Italian crime family gets overwhelmed by cops

  • 300+ number of members of the massive ‘Ndrangheta crime family were arrested today
  • 3,000+ number of police it took to nail most of them (not bad for a day’s work, boys; not bad at all) source
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09 May 2010 11:59

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World: #(&@(&! volcano: Iceland’s ash causing more airline problems

Italy, Spain and Scotland, among others, have had to shut down their airspace as a result of Iceland’s continuing ash problems. source
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12 Apr 2010 10:21

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World: Landslide blamed for Italian train derailment that killed 11

That gnarled mess that this firefighter is standing next to used to be a train. The deadly accident in the northern city of Castelbello also injured at least 20. source
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30 Mar 2010 20:40

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Offbeat: Is an earthquake coming soon? The toads may know

And after the toads, the livestock will know, and then the locusts, and after that your first born will die. Then an earthquake hits. source
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24 Feb 2010 10:41

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Tech: Italy’s mind(#(& of a decision on YouTube video just wrong

  • We will appeal this astonishing decision because the Google employees on trial had nothing to do with the video in question. Throughout this long process, they have displayed admirable grace and fortitude. It is outrageous that they have been subjected to a trial at all.
  • Google’s VP and Deputy General Counsel in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Matt Sucherman • Regarding a decision by Italian courts to criminally convict three Google employees for allowing a video to be posted to YouTube. The video showed schoolboys making fun of an autistic classmate. Despite the fact that Google took it down, the Italian court convicted them anyway – for not having a process of pre-screening videos so it would go up in the first place. In other words, kids, this ruling goes against everything that makes the Internet a cool place. If we were Google, we’d pull out of the Italian market entirely, just to show leadership there how ass-backwards this decision is. We’re sure that after two or three days without cat videos, there will be riots in the streets. Awful decision, Italy. source
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03 Feb 2010 22:26

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Tech, World: Italy’s trying to screw over YouTube for some stupid reason

  • The background In 2006, a video of a child with Down’s syndrome getting attacked showed up on YouTube. Italy has gone after Google for the video big time, suing major executives and arguing that they should screen their content. Google argues this is a bad idea because it’s impossible.
  • The changes Now, Italy is considering taking the policy a step further. They want to force user-generated content sites like YouTube to be liable for what it posts by screening all the content that goes through and getting licenses to distribute the content online. Gah. What a bad idea.
  • The motives? Who’s the Prime Minister? Oh yeah, Silvio Berlusconi. Anyway, some suggest the government’s putting the hammer down due to Berlusconi trying to protect the content of his total-conflict-of-interest media and entertainment companies. Tinfoil hat time. source
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28 Jan 2010 21:12

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World: Silvio Berlusconi, fresh off Nosegate, wants to take on the Mafia

We almost don’t recognize him without the blood all over his face. Anyway, he’s trashing on portrayals of Italians as gangsters, which is hypocritical ’cause he looks like one. source
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17 Dec 2009 09:26

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World: Silvio Berlusconi finally leaves the hospital! WHOO! Go Silv!

  • So there we go, kids, the media event of the century. Silvio Berlusconi finally leaves the hospital, looking like hell, in bandages, because some crazy guy shamed him. He was in the hospital four days – considering the nature of his injuries, a long time. source
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16 Dec 2009 10:02

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World: Silvio Berlusconi’s streak of bad luck with commoners continues

  • one crazy guy hit him in the face with a model of the Milan Cathedral
  • one other crazy guy tried to visit him in the hospital uninvited source
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