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    Summer of Poisons

    Maria Rita Latto(August 25, 2010)
    Despite the fact that the majority of Italians are on holiday, politics, politicians, journalists, and the media in general are having a really “hot summer.” And “hot” doesn’t necessarily refer to the temperature on the thermometer! Although the Parliament is closed, in fact, the vacation season could not prevent a political crisis involving the governing party against the opposition
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    The Massacre of Bologna... 30 Years Later

    Maria Rita Latto(August 03, 2010)
    On August 2, 1980 a bomb exploded at the Central Railway Station of Bologna killing 85 people and wounding more than 200. The attack, which had been attributed to a neo-fascist group of terrorists, was considered to be the culmination of a decade of violence by right and left extremist groups. Today, 30 years later, Prime Minister Berlusconi decided not to send ministers and other officials to attend to the ceremonies of commemoration
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    Divorce, Italian political style

    Judith Harris(August 01, 2010)
    Prime Minister Berlusconi ousts Gianfranco Fini, Speaker of the House, from the "Party of Liberty", which the two co-founded only two years ago. The chaotic breakup of the party has the Italian political class reeling, with no one certain of what is to come. Whether or not new elections are called in coming months, the likelihood that Berlusconi will become president of Italy, succeeding Napolitano, seems sorely reduced. For the country, this signals a failure of that biparty system which many hoped would replace the unstable coalitions that have characterized Italy for decades.
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    Falcone and Borsellino Die Again

    Judith Harris(July 19, 2010)
    On July 18, the day before the l8th anniversary of the murder of Judge Paolo Borsellino, the statues commemorating him and another emblematic victim of the Sicilian Mafia, Judge Giovanni Falcone, were smashed by vandals. On the day before the official commemoration a scant one hundred marched in Palermo in an anti-Mafia procession, led by Borsellino’s brother
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    Panto Remembered

    Joey Skee(July 17, 2010)
    A new book about the New York City waterfront recalls the Italian-American fight against organized crime.
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    Italian National Republic Day. “Bike to the Future” on June 2

    Valentina Barretta(May 30, 2010)
    Italian institutions present the planned program to celebrate Italian National Republic Day. The region of Sardinia promotes its offerings and Consul General Francesco Maria Talò invites everyone to get to the reception by bicycle. “Bike to the Future” is the slogan for this year’s Italian National Republic Day. As with last year’s event, i-Italy along with Italics and CUNY TV, will organize the live Web broadcast.
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    AP Italian: Moving Forward Step by Step

    (May 28, 2010)
    The Columbus Citizens Foundation has just pledged $500.000 to help fund the AP Program in Italian Language and Culture which has been recently discontinued
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    Giorgio Napolitano in Washington. The Italian Point of View

    Maria Rita Latto(May 27, 2010)
    Giorgio Napolitano's visit to the White House on May 25, 2010 strengthened the friendship and mutual sympathy between Barack Obama and our President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano. However the Italian press found just a little space for some analysis and comments by eminent experts of international politics who expressed their opinions about the status of the relationship between United States and Italy during the Obama administration.

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