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  1. Low vitamin D levels impair HCV response to interferonRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | Rehab Management

    ... metabolism can affect the inflammatory response and fibrogenesis, Dr. Salvatore Petta, from the University of Palermo, Italy, and co-researchers state. Exactly how vitamin D levels influence the progression of chronic hepatitis C and response to ...

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    Related Topix: Hepatitis, Medicine, Health, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News

  2. Palermo drug bust nets 67

    Wednesday | ANSA.it

    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.

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News, Bagheria, Italy, Mafia

  3. Promoter activity of the sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus)...Read the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Nucleic Acids Research

    ... di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo (Alberto Monroy), Universit di Palermo, Parco d'O;rleans II, 90128 Palermo, Italy *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +39 091 23897800; Fax: +39 091 16577400; Email: spinelli{at}unipa.it Received ...

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    Related Topix: Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News

  4. Sicilian town strikes against FiatRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 14 | ANSA.it

    Termini Imerese, December 14 - Factories, schools and shops shut down here in this Sicilian town near Palermo on Monday in a general strike against Fiat's plans to suspend automobile production at its plant here and convert the facility to other use.

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    Related Topix: Automakers, Fiat Spa, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News, Termini Imerese, Italy

  5. Caravaggio Lost and Found

    Sunday Dec 13 | About.com

    ... 1610) Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence , 1609 Oil on canvas 268 x 197 cm (106 x 78 in.) San Lorenzo, Palermo, Italy Stolen in 1969 Prev

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    Related Topix: Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News, Mafia

  6. Now You See Her, Now You Don't: Sex Workers at the UN Trafficking Protocol Negotiation

    Sunday Dec 13 | CiteULike

    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.

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    Related Topix: Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News

  7. Mafia godfather evidence boosts BerlusconiRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | Times Online

    A jailed Mafia godfather told a court in Turin today that he did not know and had never had links with Marcello Dell'Utri, a senator and close associate of Silvio Berlusconi, thus casting doubt on evidence from a Mafia informer who last week linked the Prime Minister to Cosa Nostra.

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    Related Topix: Mafia, Turin, Italy, Italy, World News, Piemonte, Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, Sicilia, Italy, Italian Force (Italy)

  8. Italy's racism exposed by footballer abuseRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 12 | Guardian Unlimited

    Born in Sicily to Ghanaian parents, Inter Milan's Mario Balotelli personifies a refusal to accept a multi-ethnic society The songs are varied, offensive and, in at least one case, openly racist.

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  9. Mafia godfather denies link to senator and boosts BerlusconiRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | World News from Times Online

    A jailed Mafia godfather told a court in Turin today that he did not know and had never had links with Marcello Dell'Utri, a senator and close associate of Silvio Berlusconi, thus casting doubt on evidence from a Mafia informer who last week linked the Prime Minister to Cosa Nostra.

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    Related Topix: Mafia, Turin, Italy, Italy, World News, Piemonte, Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, Sicilia, Italy, Italian Force (Italy)

  10. Mourning Caravaggio's Nativity | Jonathan Jones

    Thursday Dec 10 | MediaGuardian.co.uk

    ... been lost forever Caravaggio. Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence. 1609. Oil on canvas. San Lorenzo, Palermo, Italy It's horrible when a pessimistic hunch is confirmed. A year ago I wrote in the Guardian about Caravaggio's Nativity with Saints ...

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    Related Topix: Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News, Mafia, Painting, Arts

  11. 30 foods that will save your lifeRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 10 | Men's Health

    ... called zeaxanthin, which helps preserve good vision. 6 Capers When scientists at the University of Palermo, Italy, added capers to meat and simulated digestion they helped prevent compounds forming that damage DNA. 7 Avocado Replace mayo with a ...

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    Related Topix: Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News, Avocado, Nutrition, South Africa, Africa

  12. Viva Italia: A Return Visit to PalermoRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Conde Nast Traveler

    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.

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    Related Topix: Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News

  13. Mafia burned stolen Caravaggio work

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Times Online

    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 .

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    Related Topix: Mafia, Europe, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News, Turin, Italy, Piemonte, Italy

  14. Around the world

    Sunday Dec 6 | The Arizona Daily Star

    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.

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    Related Topix: Forecariah, Guinea, World News, Guinea, Conakry, Guinea, Africa, Europe, Italy, Mafia, Sicilia, Italy

  15. Mafia 'number two' is captured by Italian police

    Saturday Dec 5 | Daily Mail

    ... pitiless killer." Enlarge Captured: Gianni Nicchi arrives at the police headquarters after he was arrested in Palermo, Italy Police found Nicchi, 28, hiding Saturday in an apartment in Palermo. News reports say he tried to flee. Investigators say ...

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    Related Topix: Mafia, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News

  16. Palermo, Italy - Palermo, Sicily, ItalyRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 5 | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

    Today we leave the mainland of Italy and travel to the largest island in the Mediterranean.

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    Related Topix: Italy, Sicilia, Italy, Travel, Italy Travel, Mafia

  17. Enhanced tonic GABAA inhibition in typical absence epilepsyRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 22 | Nature Medicine

    ... D.) and Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Fisiologia Umana "G. Pagano", Universit di Palermo, Palermo, Italy (G.O.).

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  18. Mob turncoat alleges Berlusconi tie to MafiaRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | KMSB-TV Tucson

    ... deal with the Mafia in the 1990s. : In this July 1997 photo Gaspare Spatuzza, center, is arrested in Palermo, Italy. A convicted mob hit man turned prosecution witness has linked Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi to a purported deal with the Mafia ...

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    Related Topix: Mafia, Europe, Italy, World News, Silvio Berlusconi

  19. Xlibris release received the 2009 Oakland Pen Award

    Friday Dec 4 | Press Release News From 24-7 Press Release

    ... this Sunday, December 6,at San Francisco will celebrate the book that talked about a child growing up in Palermo, Italy, Sophia Lucarno, was "different" from what is usually considered "normal" - and consequently suffered from the taunts of other ...

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    Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, World News, Wedding, Pace University, Columbia University, Long Island University

  20. Insightra Medical Launches the Freedom(TM) Ventral Hernia Repair, an...Read the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | PRWeb

    Freedom Ventral is a modification to the standard sublay technique, which completely obviates the need for complex, time consuming mesh suturing.Ventral hernia is a common type of hernia affecting the abdominal wall, often presenting as major bulges through old incisional scars.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Hernia, Health, Italy, Sicilia, Italy, PRWeb