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FAO says food prices will remain volatile

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8 October 2013

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8 October 2013

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ROME - Though the world's food prices have calmed in 2013, they are expected to remain volatile, said the FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.

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Pentagon deploys 200 Marines to Sicily

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8 October 2013

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8 October 2013

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ROME - The United States has moved 200 more Marines from Spain to the US naval base in Sigonella, Italy to protect American interests in Libya, diplomatic sources said.

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FAO chief dubs strike a "personal affront"

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8 October 2013

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8 October 2013

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ROME -- FAO staff have stopped short on the brink of threatened industrial action after DG Jose Graziano da Silva said he would regard a strike as a personal affront, UN sources say.

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Captain of Lampedusa boat-wreck arrested

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8 October 2013

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8 October 2013

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ROME - Sicilian authorities have arrested the captain of the boat that sunk off the coast of Lampedusa last Thursday.

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Eastern Schengen states to step up cooperation

Gianfranco Nitti

8 October 2013

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8 October 2013

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ROME - Member States of the Schengen area with external land borders have agreed to step up cooperation and establish a ministerial forum to convene on a regular basis.

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Russian Railways to meet with Italian officials

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - The Russian transport company, Russian Railways, is in Italy to meet with transit officials and to study the country's high velocity (AV) train system.

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Italy offers €300,000 in relief to Pakistan

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - Italy has offered €300,000 to Pakistan in the form of disaster relief following two earthquakes in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

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Officials confirm Italian killed in Madagascar

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - Italian officials have confirmed that a man killed by an angry mob of vigilantes in Madagascar was an Italian citizen who had been accused of organ trafficking.

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Parents of Greenpeace activist urge Italy to act

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - The parents of 32-year-old Cristian D'Alessandro, the Greenpeace activist accused of piracy in Russia, have called for Italy to join the Netherlands in pursuing legal action against Russia

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Grossman and Rodotá receive Mediterranean culture prize

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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COSENZA—Author David Grossman and Italian politician Stefano Rodotá have received the renowned Prize for Mediterranean Culture among a group of writers, human rights activists, and intellectuals.

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US military installations in Vicenza outrage Italians

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4 October 2013

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4 October 2013

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ROME - A large community of Italians in Vicenza has been outraged that the United States continues to expand its military operation in the north-eastern city.

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Lampedusa tragedy calls attention to Italy's migration dilemma

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3 October 2013

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3 October 2013

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ROME - Thursday's disaster in Lampedusa has brought further attention to Italy's problem in managing its immigration crisis.

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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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Lecturers appeal to EU Commission Vice President

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2 October 2013

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ROME -The foreign lecturers' union ALLSI has appealed to European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding

Outokumpu's new plan to improve financial performance in Europe

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2 October 2013

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2 October 2013

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Finnish steel company Outokumpu announced plans for further structural changes in its European operations on Oct. 1st.

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US diplomat: FAO "poster child of UN corruption"

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1 October 2013

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1 October 2013

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ROME - The US Ambassador to UN agencies in Rome, David J Lane, has criticised the FAO as a "poster child of UN corruption" at a discussion on the global food crisis.

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Italy political crisis threatens Eurozone turmoil

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1 October 2013

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1 October 2013

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LONDON -- Global markets have fallen into the red as a US government shutdown looms and a fresh political crisis in Italy threatens more Eurozone turmoil.

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Enrico Letta to chair XXI Pontignano Conference

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30 September 2013

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30 September 2013

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ROME - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta will join Lord Chris Patten to preside over the XXI Pontignano Conference at the University of Siena on Oct. 4th.

Commission Lettori stand “outrages” MEP

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30 September 2013

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30 September 2013

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ROME–MEP Struan Stevenson slammed Europe's Commission for disregard of Italy's discrimination against UK lecturers - lawyers said Brussels “relinquishes its essential role of overseeing EU law."

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Strong tourism season gives Europe a boost to economy and employment

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30 September 2013

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30 September 2013

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ROME - The European Commission marked recent World Tourism Day by highlighting good figures for the first part of 2013.

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EU letter outrages foreign lecturers

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27 September 2013

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27 September 2013

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ROME - Foreign lecturers reacted with outrage Friday after the European Commission decided not to start infringement proceedings against Italy for alleged discrimination.

Turkish Ambassador to Italy says cooperation is "successful"

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27 September 2013

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27 September 2013

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ROME - Turkish Ambassador to Italy, Hakki Akil, opened a conference today by praising cooperation between Sapienza University and Bahçeşehir University.

Barilla tells gays to eat another brand of pasta

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27 September 2013

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27 September 2013

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ROME - Following remarks by Barilla pasta corporation president that the company will never feature gay families in their advertisements, criticism erupted on social media Thursday night.

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WFP stresses importance of hunger at UN General Assembly

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26 September 2013

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26 September 2013

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ROME - The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, Ertharin Cousin, is in New York this week to take part in hunger-related events and discussions during the 68th UN General Assembly.

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WFP says assistance in Africa "immediately required"

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26 September 2013

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26 September 2013

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ROME - The UN World Food Programme will soon be increasing food assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR), a news release by the UN agency says.

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