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“Authentic” is a word thrown around the foreign restaurant scene with abandon. It lures diners in with the promise of being transported to a faraway land where they rub elbows with locals fresh from a National Geographic photo shoot. But too much authentic and diners flee for the Americanized safety of Olive Garden and Panda [...]
NORTH PLAINFIELD — In continuing celebration of its 60th year anniversary, the North Plainfield Italian American Social Club will sponsor a day of reminiscing the 1950s on Saturday, Oct. 24. The festivities will begin with an afternoon classic car and hot rod show from 1 to 3 p.m. The club will provide free hotdogs, soda [...]
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L’AQUILA, Italy — More than 4,000 people who survived last spring’s earthquake in Italy are shivering in tents, but they say they hope to be living in new, earthquake-proof homes soon. Snow was capping the Apennine mountains near the quake-devastated town of L’Aquila on Tuesday as the homeless tried to keep warm in tents and [...]
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MILAN, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Italy’s new 3.5 billion euro inflation-linked 2041 bond, or BTPei, was 90 percent placed abroad, with Britain taking up 44 percent, the Italian Treasury said on Wednesday. Some 56 percent of the offering was taken up by banks while pension funds and investment funds accounted for 15 percent and 22 [...]
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MILAN selected Seconds after Rio de Janeiro as host of the 2016 Olympics, Venice mayor Massimo Cacciari seized the chance to put his famous but unlikely city in the frame for 2020. A Madrid Games straight after London 2012 would almost certainly have ended any hope of a third straight European victor, but Rio’s win [...]
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ROME, Italy (CNN) — Pope Benedict XVI preached and greeted well-wishers Sunday, three days after breaking his wrist in a fall. The pope celebrates mass with his broken wrist in plaster. He held the text of his speech in his uninjured left hand, then circulated among the crowd who came to hear him in Romano [...]
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L’AQUILA, Italy (AP) — George Clooney has toured the ruins of Italy’s recent earthquake and told the survivors he’ll shoot a film in their mountain region. The actor inspected crumbled buildings during a visit on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in L’Aquila. The April 6 quake left thousands homeless and killed nearly 300 people. [...]
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Rome: Italian scooter company Piaggio on Tuesday launched the world’s first hybrid motorcycle, which combines a petrol engine with an electric motor to yield improved fuel consumption, lower emissions, and the ability to run as a zero-emission, electric-only vehicle in city centres. The MP3 Hybrid is based on the company’s innovative leaning three-wheeler, which is [...]
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L’Aquila, the Abruzzo region’s capital recently devastated by a major earthquake , is the setting for the 2009 G-8 meetings. World leaders will come together for three days of intense meetings July 8-10. Travelers may want to avoid L’Aquila and nearby parts of the Abruzzo region as security will be very high, often making travel [...]
