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Exclusive: IFAD fires Global mechanism head
ROME– Christian Mersmann, the respected head of the UN’s Global Mechanism combating desertification, was sacked with two days’ notice by IFAD chief Kanayo Nwanze, UN sources said.
Marines released on bail
Italy annuls compensation orders for Nazi war crimes
Call for European unity to tackle crisis
Italy "bridge to Arab world" -- Kuwaiti Ambassador interview
ROME– Kuwait is optimistic the Arab Spring will usher in political democracy throughout the Middle East with many countries following the Kuwaiti example of a parliamentary constitution and freedom
WFP worker released in Darfur
Rome International School supports Haiti
Syrian envoy expelled after massacre
ROME– Italy, along with other major Western nations, has expelled the Syrian embassy.
Hangout from Sahel crisis frontlines
Ethiopia aid 'weapon of oppression'
Fiat suspends sales to Iran
Airlines chiefs urge EU co-operation
ROME-- The CEOs of 34 major European airlines warned European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas that Europe’s economic recovery could be jeopardized if regulators do not create the conditions t
Hundreds walk off job in FAO protest
Politics and poison in Afghan education
KABUL -- In Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, 120 girls and 3 teachers have been hospitalized after toxic substances were sprayed into the classrooms - only a month after 150 others fell ill
Police hunt Egypt traffickers
Death knell for the Euro?
FAO, Libya food pledge
Olympic designers go for gold
Gaddafi properties seized
NATO civilian deaths in Libya investigated
Priest says powerful "gay mafia" in Vatican
FInmeccanica tie to Sukhoi crash
ROME-- All 50 passengers were killed in Indonesia in a demonstration of a new superjet partially-sponsored by aerospace giant Finmeccanica.