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An upcoming exhibition in Ferrara promises to show a quieter, more reflective side of Giovanni Boldini, a local boy who made it big painting flashy portraits of high-society Paris. An upcoming exhibition in Ferrara promises to show a quieter, more reflective side of Giovanni Boldini, a local boy who made it big painting flashy portraits of high-society Paris.

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Ferrara looks at quieter side of native son Boldini

Drug use in Italy rose in 2008, according to an annual parliamentary report out Tuesday. Drug use in Italy rose in 2008, according to an annual parliamentary report out Tuesday. The report showed a rise of some 70,000 to about 385,000

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Drug use up

An Italian pensioner shot and ‘killed’ his computer after it kept playing up, police said Tuesday. An Italian pensioner shot and ‘killed’ his computer after it kept playing up, police said Tuesday.

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Man, 68, shoots computer dead

0 0 Words and Pictures by Steve and Sarah Barney Custom Teaser:  The dream of the open road, a better and more time to live it prompted photographers Steve and Sarah Barney to travel from the West Midlands to find a home in Puglia… by motorbike

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Journey to the South – part 1

Pope Benedict XVI is praying for the victims of the gas train explosion that ripped through Viareggio Monday, the Vatican said. Pope Benedict XVI is praying for the victims of the gas train explosion that ripped through Viareggio Monday, the Vatican said.

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Pope prays

The death toll from Monday night’s gas train explosion in Viareggio has risen to 16 and may rise further, the local health authority said Tuesday. The death toll from Monday night’s gas train explosion in Viareggio has risen to 16 and may rise further, the local health authority said Tuesday.

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Viareggio toll rises to 16

Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo on Tuesday extended his contract with Serie A club Fiorentina by a year until June 2013, club sources said. Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo on Tuesday extended his contract with Serie A club Fiorentina by a year until June 2013, club sources said. Melo, 25, had been linked with Inter Milan and Arsenal

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This rail disaster occurred last night in Viareggio , a coastal town in central Italy not far from Genoa, and reports are coming in that up to 17 people may have been killed as a result of the derailment and subsequent explosion of a goods train carrying tanks of gas. Here are some YouTube images which show the scale of the damage.  Another 16 or so people were seriously injured as a result of the explosion of the train which was passing through Viareggio’s  station. News reports on the incident are suggesting that human error was not to blame, but nothing is clear yet

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Italy, Viareggio, Train Crash and Explosion

0 0 Words by Carla Passino The Italian property market is slow but agents expect it to improve in the future. This is the result of a survey by Banca d’Italia (Italy’s central bank) in association with Tecnoborsa. Custom Teaser:  The Italian property market is slow but agents expect it to improve in the future

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Agents believe market will recover in two years

This post is about a new travel guide about touring Italy by car.  Many people who visit Italy will come by car, and to really discover all that Italy’s exceptionally beautiful and varied landscapes have to offer, a car is just about essential. Beautiful Italy The Touring Club of Italy, better known as the Touring Club Italiano here in Italy, is a Milan-based non-profit organisation which was founded way back in 1894 by a group of 55 Italian cycling enthusiasts.  The TCI, as it is often known, publishes lots of interesting Italy travel guides, the most famous of which are the ‘ Guide Rosse ‘ or Red Guides, which are not related to Michelin’s similarly named series of Red Guides, by the way.  TCI guides are also available in English. Well, the other day I found myself with half an hour to kill, so I popped in to an Italian Touring Club travel store in central Milan.  The shelves of this shop are jam packed with guides, videos, DVDs and a whole host of other travel related resources.  You can even buy Italian Touring Club bicycles, which is in keeping with the origins of this organisation, which now boasts some 400,000 members, incidentally.  Some of the Italian members of the TCI may well be cyclists, but the majority nowadays will not be, one suspects.

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Italy by Car, a New Travel Guide