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Russian Democracy Has a Pulse, Now It Needs a Heart

Harris Silver | Posted 03.31.2012

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Harris Silver

I think this case redefines how we can think about the bigger ideas of citizenship and sovereignty and is a window into the state of democracy in Russia. Let's talk about citizenship first.

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Valentino Heading To Broadway?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.02.2011

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We don't know Italian, but luckily several fashion folks who do have translated bits and pieces from an interview in Italy's La Repubblica with legend...

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Woody Allen Sets Next Film In Rome

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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Any happy New York couples waiting in line to see "The Sorrow and the Pity" at their favorite Manhattan movie theater or getting romantic in view of t...

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Georg Ratzinger, Pope's Brother, Says He Will Testify In Abuse Case

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME — The brother of Pope Benedict XVI has told a newspaper he is willing to testify in the sex scandal rocking Germany's Catholic Church, even...

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Race Riots Grip Italian Town Rosarno, and Mafia Is Suspected

nytimes.com | RACHEL DONADIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME -- More than a thousand African workers were put aboard buses and trains in the southern Italian region of Calabria over the weekend and shipped ...

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Shroud Of Turin Reproduced; Italian Group Says Relic Is Man-Made, Fake

AP | By ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME (AP)-- Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin -- revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb -- and say the experiment proves the...

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Mr. Berlusconi, Why You Don't Answer the Press?

Laura Kiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Noemi-Letizia, Women's Rights, La Repubblica, Silvio Berlusconi, Minors, Italy, Rome-Italy, World News
Laura Kiss

It does not matter if the president is a womanizer or if he humiliates his wife, what counts is that our president speaks the truth in front of the nation.

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Death Threats Against Italian Author

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Italy, La Repubblica, International PEN, Christmas, Russia, Assassination, Roberto Saviano, Journalist, Gamorra, Mafia, Anna Politkovskaya, Naples, Media News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

This is not the first time we've seen a prominent journalist be slated for assassination, or assassinated.

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Dionne Warwick Robbed In Rome

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thieves stole valuables worth more than $100,000, including a diamond ring and a Rolex watch, from pop singer Dionne Warwick's room in a posh Rome hot...

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