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Popes sainthood climax challenges Rome
Pope's Easter appeal against hunger, war
FAO Expo revelations spawn "witch hunt"
ROME– Colleagues of Mario Lubetkin have launched a “witch hunt” to find the source of leaks about his alleged fast-track hire to head the FAO communications division, IPS sources say.
IFAD croneyism ends Kumbaya euphoria
ROME –IFAD staff held hands singing Kumbaya recently but Director General Kanayo Nwanze has ended the euphoria by hiring a new Budget Director from his native Nigeria, UN sources say.
FAO struggles to contain nepotism scandal
ROME–The FAO faces staff fury at the brazen rigging in appointing its Latin American communications officer, spurning qualified women to hire Juan Toha, nephew of Chile’s Socialist leader, FAO sour
European Commission sweeps travel websites
Comment: Hungary is becoming the biggest reason to leave the EU
FAO chief “vandalised elevator doors”
ROME – Poverty buster José Graziano da Silva surprised neighbours the other day when he kicked in the doors of the elevator in his smart apartment block on the Aventino hill, FAO sources say.
Italian ambassador arrested on paedophile charges
ROME-The Italian Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Daniele Bosio, has been arrested in the Philippines Monday over allegations of violation of the local child guardianship law.
Poverty buster's alias with "baby squillo"
ROME – A staffer at a United Nations food agency used an alias to cover his tracks when arranging liaisons with under age call girls in the Eternal City, judicial sources say.
Ex FAO chief Diouf "under house arrest"
ROME– Former FAO chief Jacques Diouf is being held under house arrest in his native Senegal following a tiff with Senegalese President Macky Sall, diplomatic sources say.
Comment: Time for Kerry to show mideast cards
Cape May, NJ--Blaming the Palestinians for the apparent breakdown in Secretary of State John Kerry’s ill-fated shuttle diplomacy is like blaming the victim of a mugging for the crime.
Renzi woos Tories, City investors
Protest group says "enough" in Bouteflika’s Algeria
NEW YORK-Algeria’s constitutional court has approved five candidates to oppose Abdelaziz Bouteflika in this month’s presidential election – including Trotskyist Louise Hanoun and a former prime mi
Sant'Egidio announces peace in Mindanao
Obama meets Pope Francis
ROME -- US President Barrack Obama had a "cordial and warm" audience with Pope Francis Thursday at the start of his visit to Italy and the Vatican, the Holy See said.
CINEMA OF IRELAND COMES TO ROME
Obama visit underlines U.S.-Italy trade
PIZZICA AND TARANTA TRAVEL TO THE BALTIC
Top FAO hire "bypasses UN process"
ROME – Chilean Samuel Varas, an associate of FAO DG Jose da Silva Graziano, has been hired as interim IT chief operating officer at the agency, bypassing normal UN procedures, FAO sources say.
Argentinian mogul to buy "privatised" IPS
ROME–Inter Press Service news agency (IPS) will be privatised and sold to former Argentine former Interior Minister Jose Luis Manzano under plans by former DG Mario Lubetkin, IPS sources say.
Region Apulia gets award at ITB Berlin
Faiths join forces to fight slavery
FAO Budapest office "a dictatorship"
ROME– Demoralised Hungarian staff at FAO’s Budapest office feel they are “in a dictatorship” and one woman staffer tried to commit suicide by jumping from the UN agency’s building, FAO sources say.