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    Libri/ Gomorra. L'inferno Campania

    Franco Borrelli(January 30, 2008)
    Dopo il "New York Times", anche "The Economist" in Inghilterra ha inserito «Gomorra» nell'elenco dei titoli più importanti del 2007: il libro di Roberto Saviano è l'unico titolo italiano ad essere presente in entrambe le liste che come ogni fine anno vengono redatte dai due importanti giornali per segnalare i libri più significativi pubblicati in lingua inglese negli ultimi dodici mesi
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    Remembering Italian Shoah

    (January 27, 2008)
    In the year 2000, January 27, the day on which, in 1945, the Soviet army entered and liberated Auschwitz, was chosen by Italy and other European countries to commemorate the victims of the Shoah and to promote the fight against racism. These are the events in New York celebrating "Il giorno della Memoria" for the victims of the Shoah
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    Premier Romano Prodi Quits

    From Italy(January 25, 2008)
    Premier Prodi quits on Thursday night after a Senate confidence vote (a parliamentary "confidence vote" is needed in Italy for a government to stay in charge) produced a widely expected defeat for his 20-month-old centre-left government
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    Remembering James Groppi

    Joey Ski(January 22, 2008)
    Activist James Groppi (1930-1985) marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in the struggle for freedom.
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    From Italy. Pope & Students Without "Sapienza"

    Maria Rita Latto(January 17, 2008)
    Università La Sapienza di Roma blindata come non mai per l’inaugurazione dell’anno accademico. Sembra di essere al G8 di Genova. Ma come si è arrivati a tutto questo? Tutto inizia il 14 novembre del 2007, quando...
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    i-Italy, Inc.

    From the editors(January 17, 2008)
    Meet the fastest-growing Italian/American website in town, now turned into a not-for-profit corporation based in New York. Our first donor is the American Society of Italian Legions of Merit whose president is Judge Dominic Massaro.
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    Italian News Spinning

    Judith Harris(January 16, 2008)
    Spin - Giro, v.i. girare, trottolare. No less than elsewhere, Italians know that the real meaning of “spin” is the news equivalent of food additives: however toxic the effects, it all looks and tastes better...

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