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Italy steps up migrant boat patrols after tragedies

YoopyaOctober 14, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 14, 2013March 17, 202403

Italy is stepping up sea and air patrols following the deaths of hundreds of migrants sailing in overcrowded boats from North Africa. Prime Minister Enrico...

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EU announces 30 million to help refugees in Italy

YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 9, 2013March 10, 2024014

LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — The head of the European Commission announced Wednesday during a visit to Lampedusa that Italy would receive an additional 30 million...

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Berlusconi U-turn secures Italian government survival

YoopyaOctober 3, 2013April 7, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 3, 2013April 7, 202405

(Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday after Silvio Berlusconi, facing revolt in his own center-right party,...

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Italy PM Letta faces showdown in parliament after Berlusconi crisis

YoopyaOctober 1, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 1, 2013March 17, 202402

(Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi fought to hold his fractious center-right party together on Tuesday a day before a showdown in the Italian parliament that will...

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Berlusconi faces party revolt over Italy political crisis

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2013March 17, 202400

(Reuters) – About 20 Italian center-right lawmakers may break with leader Silvio Berlusconi if he tries to bring down prime minister Enrico Letta’s coalition in...

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Exclusive: Vatican Bank likely to close embassy accounts after Iran, Iraq red flags

YoopyaSeptember 30, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 30, 2013March 31, 202403

(Reuters) – The Vatican bank is likely to close all accounts held by foreign embassies, following concerns about large cash deposits and withdrawals by the...

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Italy minister gets Europe support against racism

YoopyaSeptember 23, 2013May 30, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 23, 2013May 30, 202306

ROME (AP) — Cabinet ministers from more than a dozen European nations came to Rome on Monday in a show of support for Italy’s first...

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Shipwrecked Concordia hauled upright off Italy

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013March 31, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013March 31, 202402

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) — Engineers declared success on Tuesday as the Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright during an unprecedented, 19-hour operation...

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Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin to receive honorary Oscars

YoopyaSeptember 6, 2013April 7, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 6, 2013April 7, 202402

(Reuters) – Oscars season kicked off on Thursday as actors Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Italian costume designer Piero Tosi were the first...

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At G20, Europe finds some space to breathe on economy

YoopyaSeptember 6, 2013April 7, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 6, 2013April 7, 202404

(Reuters) – For the first time in at least three years, European leaders have found themselves out of the economic firing line at a Group...