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Roman Ship Graveyard Discovered Off Italian Coast

Reuters | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Archaeologists, Italy, Roman Ship Graveyard, Rome, Archaeological Discovery, Archaeological Discoveries, Foreign Affairs, Roman Empire, Roman Ship, Archaeological Dig, Archaeology, Advocacy, Romans, World News

Archaeologists scanning the seabed almost 1000 feet below the coast of the Italian island of Ventotene discovered five perfect-condition ancient Roman...

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Baboons and Ambassadors

Pablo Ganguli | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Calcutta, Michael Jackson, Festivals, Milan, Business Trip, Michael Jackson Death, Eiffel Tower, Rome, Culture, Florence, Living News

We still possess a desire for most kinds of monstrous pleasures, ranging from television reality shows to US soldiers torturing prisoners of war.

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Michelangelo Self-Portrait Revealed (Possibly)

AP | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Michelangelo, Michelangelo Self-Portrait, Rome, Vatican, Pope, World News

VATICAN CITY — The restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes in the Vatican's Pauline Chapel may have produced a special prize _ a previously unkno...

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Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium

Jim Luce | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Tamil Tigers, Giulio Terzi, Sri Lanka, Paris Principles, Iraq, Italian Government, Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, Rome Symposium on Children and Armed Conflict, U.N. Resolution 1612, Ban Ki-Moon, Warlords, U.N. International School, Sexual Violence, Early Mortality, Francis Deng, Uganda, Suicide Bombing, N.Y.U. School of Law, Poverty, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rome, Unicef, U.N. Security Council”, Child Soldiers, International Save the Children Alliance, Kofi Annan, Save the Children Italy, Radhika Coomaraswamy, u.n. Human Rights Council, Education, Prevention of Genocide, Columbia University, Illiteracy, U.N. General Assembly, Harvard University, Child Rape, Health, Colombo, Innocenti Research Centre, Yale University, United Nations’ Millennium Declaration, Afghanistan, Human Rights, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Special Court for Sierra Leone, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Explaining the Tamil Tigers, Children and Young People Affected by Armed Conflict, World News

With the changing nature of armed conflict, the impact of war on children and young people has become more brutal than ever.

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Baby Zebra's New Stripes!

Huffington Post | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Pictures, Slideshow, Zebra, Cute Animals, Bioparco Zoo, Rome, Animals, Green News

Primo the baby zebra was born this week at Rome's Bioparco Zoo. He is the first zebra to be born there in decades and at 3 days old, is taking the pla...

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Gadhafi In Italy: Women's Driving Rights Up To Men

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Qaddafi, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Rome, Qaddafi Italy, Gadhafi Italy, Italy, Qaddafi Women, Gadhafi, Gadhafi Women's Rights, World News

ROME — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gave Italians a contradictory take on women's rights Friday, criticizing Islam's treatment of women but the...

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Champions Final: American Mistaken For English Fan Stabbed Before Game

Reuters | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Barcelona Manchester United, Sports, Champions League Soccer Final, Champions Final, Italy, Greg Whedon, Rome, American Stabbed Champions Final, American Stabbed in Italy, World News

ROME (Reuters) - Two men, including an American mistaken for an English fan, were stabbed and eight others arrested before Wednesday's Champions Leagu...

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The World In Photos: 30 April, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Italian Brige, Slideshow, Pakistan, The Netherlands, Rome, Mexico, Slide Show, Queens Day, Tennis, Pope Benedict XVI, Dutch, Kiev, Swine Flue, Horse Race, Indian Elections, Korea, Buner, Taliban, Radek Stepanek, Pirates, Sout Korea, Apeldoorn, Car Crash, Amsterdam, World News

The HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This Huffington Post World feature is available Monday t...

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Obama, Netanyahu, and Zionists Against Occupation

Bradley Burston | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Rome, Barack Obama, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Christianity, St. Peter's, Michelangelo, Palestinians, Gaza, Jerusalem-Israel, World News

If the last 40 years are any indication, the Palestinians will be able to survive the occupation. A healthy state of Israel will not.

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Italy Earthquake Badly Damages Ancient Churches, Castles

AP | MARTA FALCONI and ARIEL DAVID | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Rome, Italy Earthquake, L'Aquila, Italy, Italy Earthquake Damage, L'aquila Earthquake Damage, Earthquake Italy, L'aquila Earthquake, World News

L'AQUILA, Italy — Built as a mountain stronghold during the Middle Ages, this cultural gem in central Italy has withstood sieges and battles _ b...

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Strong Earthquake Hits Central Italy

AP | MARTA FALCONI | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Rome Earthquake, Italy Earthquake, Earthquakes, Central Italy, Rome, Magnitude-6.3, Rome-Italy, World News

L'AQUILA, Italy — Rescue workers using bare hands and buckets searched frantically for students believed buried in a wrecked dormitory after Ita...

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Earthquake Rocks Italy (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Central Italy, Video, Natural Disasters, Slideshow, Rome, Italy Earthquake Photos, Earthquake, Italy Earthquake, Italy, Earthquake Italy, Earthquake in Italy, Earthquake Photo Italy, Italy Earthquake Pics, Italy's Earthquake April 2009 Video, Pictures of the 2009 Earthquake in Italy, Italy Earthquake Video Coverage Today, Earthquake Italy Photo, Italian Earthquake Videos, Pics of Earthquake in Italy 2009, Earthquake Italy 2009, Earthquake in Italy 2009, Italian Earthquake 2009, Italy Earthquake 2009, Italian Earthquake, 2009 Earthquake in Italy, 2009 Italy Earthquake, Earthquake in Italy April 2009, Italian Earthquakes, Us Aid to Italy Earthquake, World News

A powerful earthquake has rocked central Italy, killing at least 90 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless, the AP reports. Ambulances screame...

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Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait Unveiled In Rome (PHOTOS)

AP | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Da Vinci, Art, Leonardo Da Vinci, Art Work, Leondardo Da Vinci Painting, Rome, Italy, Da Vinci Painting, Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait, Rome-Italy, World News

ROME -- Experts unveiled Thursday a previously unknown portrait of Leonardo da Vinci showing the artist and inventor as a middle-aged man with piercin...

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Roma 'Gypsies' Face Heightened Persecution In Italy

The Guardian | Tana de Zulueta | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Roma, Rome, Italy Gypsies, Ghettos, Italy Ghettos, Europe Gypsies, Italy, Europe, Gypsies, Roma Gypsies, Racism, Roma Descrimination, World News

People forget, but the European history of segregation began in Venice. Ghetto is a Venetian word. It was, and still is, a neighbourhood, one of the o...

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Dubai Lynx: Remain Calm

Scott Goodson | Posted 04.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Dubai Lynx, Cannes-Lions-Festival, Global Advertising, Cultural Movements, Strawberryfrog, Rome, Dubai, Scott Goodson, Media News

Now what? The advertising industry worldwide is in shell-shock from the recession. This is what we speakers are addressing here in Dubai at Dubai Lynx and also this past week in Roma.

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You and I Hate My Name

Dave Astor | Posted 04.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Paris, Layoffs, TV Converter Coupons, Rome, Financial Meltdown, Kathy Bates, John Jacob Astor, Eugene Debs, Titanic, Gilded Age, Hedge Funds, Bailout, Paul Robeson, Comedy News

At a time when financial bigwigs have made a mess of the U.S. economy, the deserved scorn heaped upon these greedy "masters of the universe" poses a problem for people with blue-blood monikers like mine.

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Rome Diary: Metaphysical Slogans, Half-Full Restaurants, Giving up Texting for Lent, and Dinner with the Italian King of Soy

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Marketing, Italy, Rome, Advertising, World News

I was in Rome this week for a media conference. On the ride to the hotel I read that a local Catholic diocese is asking its parishioners to give up text messaging for Lent. I guess abstaining from meat on Fridays from now until Easter is so 16th century. READ MORE Tim Geithner, CNBC, and the Second Coming of Known Unknowns Donald Rumsfeld famously claimed: "There are known knowns. There are known unknowns. There are also unknown unknowns." That doesn't sound too different from your average briefing/Congressional testimony/interview by Timothy Geithner. READ MORE Watch: Arianna on Countdown Discussing Newt, Rush and the Fight to Lead the GOP

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Leaders, Innovators To Meet In Rome For Media Summit -- Arianna To Give Interview

Boom Town | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Rome Tech Summit, Rome, “Tutto Cambia. Cambiamo Tutto?”, Italy, Tech Summit, Arianna Huffington, World News

BoomTown is winging toward Italy this weekend to participate in an interesting gathering about digital and other issues related to innovation...

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Italian Minister Urges Surgical Castration Of Rapists

All Headline News | AHS Staff | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Rape, Council of Europe, Europe, Castration, Rome, Roberto Calderoli, Roberto Calderoli Castration, Italy Castration, Italy Rape, World News

Italian Minister for Legislative Simplification Roberto Calderoli urged surgical castration on convicted rapists. His suggestion follows a growing pub...

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UPDATE: Japanese Finance Minister Resigns After Appearing Drunk At Summit (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

UPDATE 2/17: Reuters reports: Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said on Tuesday he would resign after being forced to deny he was drunk...

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A Journey to Remember

Tamar Abrams | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Travel, Senior Citizens, Parenting, Children, Krakow, Emotion, New Zealand, Rome, Single Motherhood, Motherhood, Italy, Mothers, Maine, Jamaica, Emotions, Single Parents, Family Values, Poland, Traveling, Christmas, Moms, Love, Kayaking, Parenting Advice, Family, Living News

My child's increasing self-reliance has given me the time to reflect on my parents' lives. I've always been grateful to have arrived at midlife with two vital parents who live nearby.

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The Jewish Reaction to the Pope's Welcoming Back Holocaust Denying Bishop: Disproportionate!

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

How is it that the view of some cranky powerless bishop evokes calls of a crisis in Catholic -Jewish relations, despite the revolutionary changes in Church teachings regarding Jews since Vatican II?

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Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue -- Part One: "Tourist" is not a Dirty Word.

Eric Lurio | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: World, France, Hong Kong, England, Middle East Politics, Rome, 9/11, Italy, Travel, Iran, London, Paris, Flights, Backpacking, Traveling, Persia, Flying, China, World News

Let's discuss why anyone in their right mind would travel half way around the world and back and spend a quarter-year's salary (minimum wage) to go to Iran for two weeks.

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Rome Declares Emergency, Heavy Rains Kill 4

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Rome Rain, Italy State of Emergency, Flood Rome, Rome, Italy, Italy Rain, World News

ROME — Rome declared a state of emergency as the swollen Tiber river threatened to flood Friday and the death toll from the heavy rains batterin...

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BIG BUSINESS IN THE CARIBBEAN- ILLEGAL SAND MINING

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Stefanie Michaels, Holidays, Building Materials, Rome, The New York Times, Flooding, Animals, Sand, Tourism, Hotels, Plants, Adventure Girl, Caribbean, Islands, Jamaica, Developers, Environment, Stealing, Construction, British Common Law, Sand Mining, Nevis, Beaches, Green News

The Caribbean, known for its crystal blue waters, powdery sand beaches with colors ranging from coco to pink and all the shades in between, is a haven...

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