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End to Fed stimulus, China slowdown rattles swathe of world investments
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's explicit signal it will stop pumping money into the world economy and data showing China's economy slowing down swept across financial markets on Thursday, sinking bonds, shares and commodities alike....Tags: Oslo (Norway), AstraZeneca Plc, United States Consumer Price Index, Stamford, Johnson & Johnson Inc.
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Italy's overcrowded prisons close to collapse
Reuters* Italy's jails most overcrowded in EU * Prisoners packed into makeshift cells * Problems caused by sclerotic justice system and lack of jails By Barry Moody ROME, June 12 (Reuters) - Gazing at the glories of Rome from its best viewpoint on the...Tags: United Nations, Trials, Germany, Government, Italy
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Dollar rebounds as U.S. jobs data shows economic resilience
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar on Friday recouped sharp losses posted the previous session after a government report showed reasonably healthy U.S. job creation in May, renewing expectations the Federal Reserve might scale back its massive asset...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Buyback, Stamford, Productivity, ING Group
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Thousands watch murdered anti-Mafia priest beatified in Sicily
Reuters* Father Puglisi shot by Mafia in 1993 * Considered a martyr by Catholic church * Beatification is step before sainthood ROME, May 25 (Reuters) - A Sicilian priest gunned down by the Mafia twenty years ago outside his home in Palermo was beatified in a...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Benedict XVI, Italy, Organized Crime, Sicilian Mafia
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Film Review: 'Being President'
VarietyTerrible English title aside, “Being President” is a terrific documentary that follows Gaul’s current head of state, Francois Hollande, during his first eight months in office. Helmed by Patrick Rotman, this is a unique, almost all-access portrait,...Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Canal+, United Nations, Movies, Government
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Riccardo Muti: Illnesses behind him, CSO director wraps up spring residency
"Any donkey can conduct, but to make music is difficult," Riccardo Muti told the young members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago at an open rehearsal last week at Symphony Center. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director was quoting his famous...
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Italy nominates youngest prime minister in years
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ROME -- Italy turned the corner on two months of political stalemate Wednesday by nominating center-left leader Enrico Letta as prime minister after inconclusive elections in February left parties struggling to form a government. Letta, 46, is set to...Tags: Elections, Nelson Mandela, Iran, Parliament, Johnny Depp
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The Week Ahead: Suu Kyi sojourn, Thatcher farewell, Italy adrift
Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance Now through Saturday, April 20: Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Japan this week is purportedly unofficial, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate probably has more clout than any...
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Pope Benedict hailed by crowds, may be papal advisor in retirement
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI was given a rapturous reception by the public at a general audience Wednesday, and the Vatican said he may offer his successor advice on papal duties after he resigns at the end of the month. Benedict, 85, announced...
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Italian seismologists ordered to prison for not warning of quake risk
World NowSix Italian scientists and a government official were sentenced to six years in prison Monday for failing to warn residents in the city of L'Aquila of the risk of an impending earthquake that killed more than 300 people. Scientists around the world... -
Italy's (unelected) prime minister hints he might stay on
World NowMario Monti, Italy's unelected prime minister, hinted Thursday that he might stay on past elections next year despite having insisted he would step down. Monti has been trying to implement unpopular economic and labor reforms in Italy, whose economy has... -
Helmers rally to Cinecitta's defense: Bertolucci, Loach, Costa-Gavras oppose development
VarietyBRUSSELS -- A campaign to save the legendary Cinecitta film studios in Rome has been launched by Europe's helmers. The protest follows a strike at the studios over plans to break up filmmaking activity into separate businesses, with significant...Tags: Michel Hazanavicius , Italy, Vanessa Redgrave, Silvio Berlusconi, Constantin Costa-Gavras
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