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Illuminating Sistine Chapel parsimoniously

Gianfranco Nitti

9 January 2014

Gianfranco Nitti

9 January 2014

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ROME-More than 5 million people visited the Vatican Museums in 2013, underlining the appeal of Pope Francis, the museums

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Pope Francis draws record crowds

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6 January 2014

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6 January 2014

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ROME - As many as 5.459,000 people visited the Vatican Museums in 2013 and the number is expected to increase in 2014, posing some logistical problems for the tiny city state, the Holy See says.

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Outrage as pigs banquet on Rome garbage

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3 January 2014

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3 January 2014

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ROME- Outraged citizens have protested to the mayor of the Eternal City after pigs were photographed grazing in piles of uncollected garbage in the humdrum Boccea district over Christmas.

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Paper bombs ignite chaos at La Sapienza

ANDREW GARGANO

12 December 2013

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12 December 2013

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ROME - Two people have been detained after a group of 300 students set off paper bombs, smoke bombs, and firecrackers in protest of an economic conference at La Sapienza university on Thursday.

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Rome beefs up security against "pitchforkers"

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11 December 2013

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11 December 2013

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ROME - The anti-tax "Pitchfork" protests headed into their fourth day on Thursday, continuing to rage through Italy as officials in Rome have begun preparing the city for a massive demonstration

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Elephant escapes circus, strolls around Rome

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6 December 2013

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6 December 2013

ROME - After an hour-long search, authorities have recovered an elephant that escaped from the Amedeo Orfei circus in northeast Rome.

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Mussolini on the road to Sainthood

JAMES WALSTON

4 December 2013

JAMES WALSTON

4 December 2013

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ROME - Rome provides unlikely images and stories which have delighted travellers and resident observers for centuries -In his “Roma” (1972), Fellini was more the poet than the documentarist but h

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Police to experiment with pepper spray

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3 December 2013

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3 December 2013

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ROME - Beginning in January, police and carabinieri in Rome, Milan, and Naples will be supplied with pepper spray as an experimental use weapon.

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Letta slams No-TAV protests

ANDREW GARGANO

22 November 2013

ANDREW GARGANO

22 November 2013

ROME - Prime Minister Enrico Letta has strongly condemned Wednesday's protests against plans for the high-speed railway (TAV), stating that protesters "surpassed" reasonable limits after violent

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Leaking roof floods Ara Pacis

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22 November 2013

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22 November 2013

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ROME - As heavy rains poured down on Rome, the historic Ara Pacis altar was flooded when water seeped through the museum's glass roof and poured onto the monument.

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Tax judge busted for bribery

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22 November 2013

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22 November 2013

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ROME - Police have arrested a judge of the Tax Court of Rome after he took a 6,000-euro bribe from a lawyer in exchange for "fixing" the outcome of a court case.

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American girl charges kidnap, rape in Trastevere

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22 November 2013

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22 November 2013

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ROME - A young American has charged that she was kidnapped and then raped by six "Middle Eastern" men after a group of passersby found her sobbing near Piazza Tuscolo in Trastevere, police source

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Police shield Italy-France summit from protesters

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20 November 2013

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20 November 2013

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ROME - While Prime Minister Enrico Letta meets with French President François Hollande for a summit at Villa Madama, police have blockaded several roads in Rome as a group of protesters has taken

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Camillian kidnap sparks graft probe

ANDREW GARGANO

20 November 2013

ANDREW GARGANO

20 November 2013

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ROME - After the head of the Camillian Order was arrested in Rome this month on kidnapping charges, a deeper scheme of alleged corruption became exposed, revealing corrupt construction contracts

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Asian film flips festival upside down

MIRA BUDAFOKI

19 November 2013

MIRA BUDAFOKI

19 November 2013

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ROME - The Eternal City was in movie fervour these past days -Scarlett Johansson ruled with Hunger Games superstars as popcorn-snacking film buffs occu

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Mafia controls 70 percent of central Roman restaurants

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19 November 2013

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19 November 2013

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ROME - Nearly 70 percent of the bars and restaurants operating in the central district of Rome are believed to be "in the hands of organised crime," according t

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Marino calls ATAC fraud "mafia operation"

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18 November 2013

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18 November 2013

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ROME - The mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, has likened the ATAC transport scandal to a "mafia-like" operation, condemning those who cloned tickets to generate nearly 70 million euros for political

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Marino pledges support for same-sex couples

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15 November 2013

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15 November 2013

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ROME - The Catholic mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, has pledged his support for same-sex couples, stating that Rome "will soon begin" to register civil unions an

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Rome remembers Commonwealth fallen soldiers

SHARON WALIA

12 November 2013

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12 November 2013

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ROME -- Senior representatives from the military, Christian, Jewish and Muslim establishments and Commonwealth Embassies gathered to mark Remembrance Day 2013.

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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

LAUREN MOUAT

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

SHARON WALIA

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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