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4 hrs ago | FOX30Online

Clooney's rep shoots down Cage loan reports

Actor George Clooney attends the 'Up In The Air' Photocall during Day 3 of the 4th International Rome Film Festival held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica on October 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy.

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Related Topix: Up in the Air, Italy, World News, National Treasure, Action Movies, Adventure, Nicolas Cage, Tax, Entertainment

9 hrs ago | World Heritage Centre News

Exhibition of Aksum Obelisk Re-installation opens in Rome

The Aksum exhibition in the atrium of the FAO in Rome, Italy. Thursday, November 26, 2009 On 25 November 2009, the exhibition 'Aksum Rediscovered: the Re-installation of the Obelisk' was opened in Rome, Italy at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization .

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Related Topix: Ethiopia, Italy, Agriculture, Science

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The New York Times

Jellyfish and All, a Gem in Rome's Chinatown

Giorgia Chen, the owner of Hua Qiao, and part of the restauranta s selection of dishes.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Life, Food, Dining

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Freerepublic.com

So that's what the Romans gave us -- more historic camps than anywhere [Scotland]

Scotland already has more identified Roman camps than any other European country -- reflecting Rome's repeated attempts to stamp its rule on the troublesome north.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Europe, United Kingdom

Tue Nov 24, 2009

About.com

Underground Rome: Jewish Catacombs Under Villa Torlonia

Some say the Jewish catacombs under the Villa Torlonia just outside the historic center of Rome are the oldest in the Eternal City.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News

MediLexicon

Diabetes Surgery Summit Consensus Lays Foundation For New Field Of Medicine

A first-of-its-kind consensus statement on diabetes surgery is published online in the Annals of Surgery .

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Related Topix: Diabetes, Health, Italy, World News,

Advocate

Transgender Woman in Political Scandal Murdered

A Brazilian transgender woman wrapped in a political scandal that took down a senior Italian politician was found burned to death in her home Friday.

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Related Topix: Transgendered, Sex Scandal, Italy, World News

Mon Nov 23, 2009

EDGEftlauderdale.com News Feed

Transwoman in Italian Political Scandal Found Murdered

A transwoman known only as Brenda was found murdered in her burned apartment. Brenda had been filmed having sex with a high-ranking Italian politician; the subsequent scandal ended the politician's career.

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal, Italy, World News

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Daily Mail

Pope John Paul 'would whip himself before he ordained priests'

Pope John Paul II regularly whipped himself in a sign of 'remorse for his sins,' Polish nun Tobiana Sobodka has revealed Pope John Paul II regularly whipped himself in 'remorse for his sins', a nun has revealed.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Italy, World News,

Examiner.com

The Roman fight against Extremism

A scene from Hadrian's column depicting Roman conquests. The Roman empire during it's hight extended into the Middle East with the provinces of Asia Minor, Judea , and Egypt.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Mavi Boncuk

How Byzantium, not Rome, can help preserve Pax Americana

Edward Luttwak is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and author of The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News

Kyodo News

Romans treated to display of Japanese sweets

People take photos of Japanese sweets during a demonstration of their creation by traditio... A demonstration in the art of making small traditional Japanese sweets on the themes of flowers and birds was given to about 200 people in Rome on Tuesday evening.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News

Fri Nov 20, 2009

WGN-TV Chicago

Vatican researcher claims writing on Shroud of Turin is...

In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News,

Telegraph.co.uk

Transsexual prostitute in Italian political sex scandal burns to death

'Brenda', a transsexual prostitute linked to a sex and drugs scandal which brought down the prominent Italian politician Piero Marrazzo, has been found burned to death in her apartment.

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal, Italy, World News

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Medical News Today

Radiation Breakthrough Gives Breast Cancer Patients Hope In Single Dose

Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST A radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day, as opposed to the current average of six weeks, has arrived at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Italy, World News, Oncology, Sarcoma

Associated Content

4 Must-See Sights in Rome, Italy

Rome, also known as the Eternal city has witnessed a great amount of honor, tragedy and the birth one of the most popular religions in this modern world, Christianity.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Connecticut's WB 20

Man convicted of killing UK student in Italy: Victim argued with American just before murder

This Dec. 6, 2007 file photo shows Rudy Hermann Guede, an Ivory Coast native who has been detained in the slaying of British college student Meredith Kercher in Perugia central Italy, being held by Italian police officers as he arrives after his arrest in Germany to Rome's Fiumicino airport.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, West Yorkshire County, England, North Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Propaganda press

Bharrat Jagdeo the criminal goes to Rome for another FAO intellectual jamboree

President urges his fellow leaders to raise their voices in favour of agriculture a at first plenary session of FAO World Summit on Food Security Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday addressed the first plenary session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation World Summit on Food Security in Rome, Italy, where he urged his fellow ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Bharrat Jagdeo, Italy, World News,

Edge San Francisco

Rome: The Complete Series

It cost more than $100 million and lasted only two seasons on HBO despite the acclaim of its audience and of critics--and seven Emmy wins.

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Related Topix: Rome, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Italy, World News, Emmy Awards, Empire

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Mistress' diary: Mussolini was fierce anti-Semite

Photo dated Nov. 11, 1937 showing Italian Premier-dictator Benito Mussolini reviewing troops before the national Italian monument in honor of the 68th birthday of King Victor Emmanuel in Rome, Italy.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Pope Benedict XVI

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