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 ROME -- Piazza Venezia is not only the very heart of Rome, it is also the very centre of Italy.

 NAPLES -- The church is in the center of the town of Ave Maria in Florida. It dominates the main piazza like a European Cathedral, a Duomo, and it faces Ave Maria University.

 ROME - The recent Brussels massacre has created a short term reaction, which ignores a long term projection.

 NEW YORK -- Transparency International, the anti-corruption NGO, is a household name in

 ROME -- The last formal act of European disintegration was the last negotiation between 28 European leaders and the Prime Minister of Turkey.

 NEW YORK -- In the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s president, promised constitutional reforms.

 ROME -- We are witnessing the slow agony of the dream of European integration, disintegrating without a single demonstration occurrin

 CAGLIARI - The occupied Palestinian territories are witnessing  growing individual armed operations known as the 'knife rebellion' - an expr

 ROME - Lack of resources, tumbling prestige and rampant corruption are problems faced not just by Italian politics but also Italian universities, which have seen a 20 percent decrease in the numbe

 San Salvador, Bahamas - At this time, we all wish “ a very good year”.

San Salvador, Bahamas - Christmas is a holiday for the American Congress, so the Republican lawmakers who deny the reality of man-made climate change can conveniently ignore the fact that on Dec.

ROME – In the space of just a few days, two fundamental lessons have come from Paris for the world about democracy and climate.