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25 Jun 2009 11:07

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World: Why Italian president Silvio Berlusconi shouldn’t own TV stations

  • Berlusconi has been under increased scrutiny lately due to puported ties to prostitution and wild romps with call girls young enough to be his grandkids. source
  • Berlusconi also owns the country’s three largest commercial television networks. And, strangely enough, they’ve all given him a pass during the scandal. Hmm. source
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28 Apr 2009 10:11

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World: Pope Benedict tours the Italian earthquake destruction

The pope says the Lord “is not deaf to the worried cry of so many families who lost everything.” source
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10 Apr 2009 11:16

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World: Italy’s billionaire prime minister offers his homes to quake victims

  • Silvio Berlusconi is Italy’s second-richest man. Victims of the devastating Italiian earthquake, which killed hundreds and left thousands more without homes, will be getting some help from P.M. Silvio Berlusconi. “I will do what I can too, by offering some of my houses,” Berlusconi said at a state funeral for the more than 200 killed. 17,000 survivors are currently living in tents, so it’d be a bit of an upgrade for them. source
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07 Apr 2009 20:44

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World: In the Italian earthquake debris, a promising sign

  • 98 age of the quake victim who was pulled out, alive source
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07 Apr 2009 08:14

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World: The toll from the Italy earthquake rose fast

  • 207 dead, 15 missing, 1,000+ injured in the Italy quake source
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06 Apr 2009 09:52

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World: Scenes from the Italy earthquake: Numbers don’t say enough

The death toll and destruction in Italy needs to be seen in picture form. The NYT has some very powerful ones. source
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06 Apr 2009 08:54

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World: Historic buildings took the brunt of the Italy quake

  • Most of the buildings in the city center are more than a 100 years old, and so they have walls that are a lot weaker than other palazzi that are made of reinforced concrete. So there were a lot more damages actually inside the city.
  • Joshua Brothers • An American missionary in L’Aquila, Italy, near the epicenter of the deadly earthquake. Another resident, Maria Francesco, said it “was the apocalypse, our house collapsed. It’s destroyed, and there’s nothing left to recover.” • source
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06 Apr 2009 08:49

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World: A quake in Italy could leave a huge death toll

  • 6.3 The magnitude of the quake, which hit L’Aquila, in central Italy, earlier today source
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23 Jan 2009 18:11

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Tech, World: The Vatican joins the YouTube generation

Pope Benedict XVI is excited but reserved about how new technology lets people interact. source
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21 Jan 2009 10:28

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Offbeat: Facebook, married to the Mafia?

  • Italian authorities say maybe. Authorities in the boot-shaped country are taking special interest in pages and groups set up to honor jailed Mafiosi on Facebook. “These are people who are accused of serious crimes and are in prison,” noted Rita Borsellino, whose brother Paolo spent his life investigating the Cosa Nostra before getting killed in a hit. OK, OK, she’s right, it’s not fun like The Sopranos. But can we at least pretend? source
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