Palermo, Italy News

Fiery with energy and bursting with holiday plans, Italian cook and cultural specialist Cetti Mangano of Vienna readies a simple Christmas meal, ideal for a family gathering.

Juventus could be in hot water with the Italian Football League again after a section of their 'Ultra' fans chanted a racial slogan during Sunday's home defeat against Catania at Turin's Stadio Olimpico.

Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access originally published online on October 20, 2009 Nucleic Acids Research 2009 37 :7407-7415; doi:10.1093/nar/gkp859 Gene Regulation, Chromatin and Epigenetics Promoter activity of the sea urchin nucleosomal H3 and H2A and linker H1 -histone genes is modulated by enhancer and chromatin insulator Vincenzo Cavalieri ...

Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection have lower serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D than healthy individuals, and as their vitamin D level falls, so does the likelihood of a sustained virologic response to interferon and ribavirin, new research shows.

Palermo, December 16 - Around 67 people were arrested in Palermo on Wednesday in a drug sweep targeting a consortium of Sicilian Cosa Nostra, Neapolitan Camorra and Spanish drug traffickers.

Jonathan Jones over at the Guardian is now convinced that Caravaggio's Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence will never again be seen.

Abstract In December 2000, over 80 countries signed the Protocol to Suppress, Prevent and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children' in Palermo, Italy.

I used to hope that Caravaggio's Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence would turn up in Sicily, but now it seems it has been lost forever Caravaggio.

A lost painting by Caravaggio which art lovers have long hoped might still be found was burnt and destroyed by the Mafia, according to a former hitman turned pentito .

CONAKRY a ' The No. 2 of Guinea's military junta returned to the country overnight, helping fill a dangerous power vacuum after the president was shot by his top aide and evacuated for emergency treatment, a government spokesman said Saturday.

The number two in Italy's notorious Cosa Nostra mafia has been arrested in a raid, it has been confirmed.

CP Caruso's self-published book, Sophia's Exit Strategy is already available in St.

Alfresco: Everything, including the sensational panelle, tastes better at Antica Focacceria San Francesco if you get a table outside - and you happen to be dining with the perfect companion.

It was appropriate that Genoa Main Street Inc., at its annual meeting on Nov. 5, would offer “A Taste of Main Street.” Rather than having the meal catered from just one of the community's many fine establishments, organizers decided to get several involved.

Fotemustine plus etoposide, cytarabine and melphalan as a new conditioning regimen for lymphoma patients undergoing auto-SCT: a multicenter feasibility study 1Department of Oncology, Oncohematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, 'La Maddalena', Palermo, Italy 2Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, National Cancer Institute, ...

Italians have taken a shine to ghosts, ghouls and mummies - in just a few years, the imported festival for Halloween has taken the Bel Paese by storm.

On a cold, raw Friday, the news hit Braddock like death in the family. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center said it will close the hospital there.

Petrosino Square has nearly doubled in size. Photo: Elizabeth Press. SoHo's Petrosino Square was one of the first places identified by the New York City Streets Renaissance as a prime candidate for pedestrian reclamation.

The man wears his fedora at a roguish tilt, a scarf wrapped artfully round his neck as he partners a rouged woman in a red dress with a split skirt in a dance.

They stepped off on a square of cardboard placed atop the cobblestones. A pair of guitarists plays a moody tune.