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Transport strike likely to disrupt service in Rome

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12 November 2013

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12 November 2013

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ROME - Four workers' unions in Italy have called for a transport strike on Wednesday that will affect ATAC staff in Rome, likely disrupting bus, metro, tram, and railway service.

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Ryanair "unfriendliest airline in Italy"

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11 November 2013

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11 November 2013

ROME– Ryanair continues its "extortionate" malpractises at Rome’s Ciampino Airport notwithstanding recent EU curbs on its frequently bogus “low cost” pricing policies and scandalous small print cla

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English Theatre, Italy Reads present "Under the Overcoat"

LAUREN MOUAT

7 November 2013

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7 November 2013

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ROME — Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Namesake has been adapted for the stage in an ambitious collaboration between The English Theatre of Rome and John Cabot University's Italy

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A sneak preview of the International Rome Film Festival

SHARON WALIA

5 November 2013

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5 November 2013

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ROME - The 8th International Rome Film Festival at the grand Auditorium Parco della Musica (near Villa Borghese) Nov 8-17, sees American, Italian and Japanese cinema dominating the competition.

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Man sets himself on fire near Colosseum

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1 November 2013

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1 November 2013

ROME - A Syrian man who set himself on fire just steps away from the Colosseum is in serious condition Friday, hospital officials have said.

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AUR presents honorary degree to novelist Andrea Camilleri

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31 October 2013

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31 October 2013

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ROME - Italian novelist Andrea Camilleri was celebrated by the American University of Rome (AUR) on Wednesday when he received an honorary degree from the university.

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Tear gas, smoke bomb chaos at protest

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31 October 2013

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31 October 2013

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ROME - A demonstration in Rome turned violent on Thursday as a group of protesters attacked police with pepper spray and flagpoles along Via del Tritone, prompting police to respond with tear gas

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Police foil child prostitution ring

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29 October 2013

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29 October 2013

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ROME - Police arrested five people on Monday in connection to a prostitution ring that involved two teenage girls, aged 14 and 15, who "worked" as prostitutes n

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Security increased at US embassy amid Datagate backlash

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28 October 2013

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28 October 2013

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ROME -- Italian police have boosted security around the United States embassy and other diplomatic missions in Rome as tensions continue to rise following disclosures that US agencies have spied

Free art exhibit premieres at Turkish cultural office

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22 October 2013

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22 October 2013

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ROME - The Office of Culture and Information for the Embassy of Turkey presents a new art exhibit at its office in Piazza della Repubblica that will be free to the public beginning Wednesday.

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8th FAO Hunger Run a success

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22 October 2013

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22 October 2013

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ROME-- Thousands of runners took to the streets last weekend to participate in Rome's 8^th annual Hunger Run -The 10k competitive race and 5k run/walk are organized by the Food and Agricu

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Hundreds of protesters occupy Porta Pia

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21 October 2013

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21 October 2013

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ROME - Hundreds of protesters remain camped out near the historic gate of Porta Pia on Monday following a weekend of massive protests against austerity and evic

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Police and no global marchers clash

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19 October 2013

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19 October 2013

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ROME -- Police and no-global demonstrators clashed outside the Finance Ministry Saturday as marchers smashed windows of banks in the area, witnesses said.

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Transport strike slows Rome's bus and tram service; Metro OK

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18 October 2013

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18 October 2013

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ROME - Transport service slowed across Italy on Friday as workers led by radical left-wing unions called COBAS took part in a partial transit strike against government austerity measures.

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FAO celebrates quinoa as "new ally against hunger"

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18 October 2013

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18 October 2013

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ROME - FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva welcomed the Peruvian First Lady Nadine Heredia on Thursday to celebrate the quinoa plant, which has become

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Between Vivaldi and Colasanti

Gianfranco Nitti

17 October 2013

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17 October 2013

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ROME - Salvatore Accardo, one of the greatest violinists, is also a great teacher and mentor - In 1996 he founded the Italian Chamber Orchestra with the best st

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Chaos in Albano amid Priebke funeral

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15 October 2013

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15 October 2013

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ROME - Chaos struck the town of Albano on Tuesday as demonstrators gathered to protest the controversial funeral of former Nazi officer Erich Priebke.

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Roman academics and Mayor host meeting on Thursday

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15 October 2013

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15 October 2013

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ROME - Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Andrea Riccardi, will hold an event on Thursday in honor of the publication of his book The Longest Winter

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La Bohème: an opera which suits Rome

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15 October 2013

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15 October 2013

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ROME - Four acts of the bohemian and artistic love story were set in Paris, so how could this opera suit Rome? Because it's every inch an Italian composer's masterpiece.

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March to Remember to be held on Wednesday

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14 October 2013

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14 October 2013

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ROME - On Wednesdy, hundreds will take part in the March to Remember, a memorial to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the day that over 1,000 Jews were captured and taken from Rome to Auschwitz

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Rome refuses burial for Nazi criminal Erich Priebke

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14 October 2013

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14 October 2013

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ROME - The Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, and the Chief of Police, Fulvio Della Rocca, have refused to grant permission for the funeral or burial of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke.

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Massive protest scheduled for October 19 in Rome

ANDREW GARGANO

10 October 2013

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10 October 2013

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ROME - A massive anti-austerity demonstration will take place in Rome on October 19, expected to attract a crowd of 20,000 people.

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Sant'Egidio to hold prayer ceremony Sunday

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10 October 2013

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10 October 2013

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ROME - The Community of Sant'Egidio will join the Association of Pakistani Christians in Italy to celebrate in prayer at the Basilica of San Bartolomeo at 4 pm on Oct. 13th.

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Finnish Prime Minister Katainen bound to Rome

Gianfranco Nitti

9 October 2013

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9 October 2013

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ROME - The Prime Minister of Finland, Jyrki Katainen, 42, will meet the Prime Minister of Italy, Enrico Letta, in Rome on Monday, October 14th

Mayor calls Rome the "city of peace"

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2 October 2013

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2 October 2013

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ROME - The Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, called Rome the "city of peace" in a speech he delivered as part of the closing ceremony at the 2013 International Meeting for Peace.

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