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Mobster Domenico Raccuglia, 'The Veterinarian,' Is Arrested In Italy

AP | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Mob, Rome, Crime, Organized Crime, Mafia, Raccagulia Arrested, Sicily, Palermo, Domenico Raccuglia, Costa Nostra, World News

ROME — Police captured one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives on Sunday, dealing a stiff blow to the island's Cosa Nostra crime syndicate, Italian ...

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Astoria Characters: The No-Go Gal

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Posh Spice, Astoria, P.S. 122, Queensborough Community College, Greek, Josephine Todaro, Ditmars Boulevard, St. John's Prep, Sicily, Oz, New York News, P.S. 141, Ridgewood, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Astoria, Queens: for 40 years, this has been Josephine Todaro's stomping ground. "Everyone I know who has left Astoria always comes back," she says.

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Sicily Mud Flooding Kills At Least 14

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 10.03.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Sicily, Italy Floods, Italy-Floods, Flood, Mudslide, Messina, Natural Disasters, World News

ROME — Rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains overnight flooded parts of the Sicilian city of Messina, killing at least 20 people, sweeping away...

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Can A Christian Learn from Ramadan?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Ramadan, Islam, Shabbat, News, Prophet Muhammad, World, Ummah Wahida, Evangelical, God, Sicily, Palermo, Ummah, G-D, Palermo Sicily, Fast, Qatar Ambassador to the United Nations, Muslim, Mosque, Allah, Fasting, Mecca, Spirituality, Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz AI-Nasser, Ramadan Karim, Christianity, Iftar, Christian, Living, Prayers, Abraham Maslow, Living News
Yvonne R. Davis

As a Christian who worships the Shabbat, I believe Ramadan is a wonderful way for Christians to remember their Muslim brothers and sisters

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Salute! Raise a Glass to Italian Wines

Ari Bendersky | Posted 09.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Italy, Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Piero Antinori, Italian Red Wine, Primitivo, Sicily, Tuscany, Barbaresco, Chianti Classico, Italian White Wine, Dolcetto, Zinfandel, Antinori, Super Tuscan, Italian Wine, Piemonte, Merlot, Who Wants Wine, Food, Italian Wine Guide, Chicago News
Ari Bendersky

Many people think of Italian wine as Chianti Classico, but truth is, there are about 1,500 grape varieties in Italy--more than any other wine growing area in the world.

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"Rolling in Dough"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Dining, Pizza, Restaurant, Humor, Cooking, Connecticut, Food, German, Dog, Sicily, Swedish, New York, Italian, Irish, Living News
Jerry Zezima

I stood behind the counter at Paradiso ready to make culinary history. Or at least a large spinach and meatball pie.

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A Traveling Muse: Loreena McKennitt to Perform in the Middle East and Mediterranean Europe

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Turkey, Religion, Lebanon, Celtic, Middle East, Mediterranean Tour, Cyprus, Music, Sicily, Loreena McKennitt, Concert, Greece, Islam, Italy, China, Canada, Istanbul, History, Mediterranean, Geography, Grammy Award, Spain, Judaism, Entertainment News
Ilana Teitelbaum

McKennitt was shocked when she was invited to perform in Istanbul in 1996, which is when she first discovered her extensive fan base in the Middle East.

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Libya Shipwreck Tragedy Highlights Plight Of African Migrants Who Risk Everything To Live

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Italy, Libya-Italy Agreement, Italy Ministry of the Interior, Immigration From Africa to EU, Illegal Immigrants, Libya, Italy Immigration Laws, European Union, Immigration, African Migrant Shipwreck, African Migrants, Sicily, Eritrea, World News

More than 200 African migrants are feared dead after three boats capsized off the coast of Libya Friday. The 23 people who were rescued relayed that t...

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Ship Carrying 257 Migrants Sinks Off Libya Coast

africasia.com | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: North Africa, Roberto Maroni, Italy, Libya, Immigration, Tripoli, Sicily, Sidi Bilal, Illegal Migrants, Africa, Lampedusa, Egypt, World News

A ship carrying more than 250 illegal migrants headed for Europe has sunk near the Libyan coast, Egypt's state news agency MENA said on Monday, with d...

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Mafia Wind Farm Operation Busted In Sicily

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 04.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Mafia, Sicily, Organized Crime, Green Technology, Wind Power, Green Energy, Green News

ROME — Italian police on Tuesday arrested mobsters, businessmen and local politicians who allegedly used corrupt practices and bribes to gain co...

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Alleged Mafia Boss Hangs Himself In Sicily Jail

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

Read More: Suicide, Italy, Mafia, Sicily, Europe, World News

ROME — An alleged Mafia boss who was caught on wiretaps purportedly discussing Cosa Nostra's new hierarchy hanged himself in a Sicilian jail hou...

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