Premier Sllvio Berlusconi emphasized the need for economic growth and reform of Italy’s aging institutions. His tone was rather moderate instead of the bombastic way he ordinarily talks, but the message was clear that Italy must rethink its administrative structures and become economically more vibrant. He pldged to cut property taxes and reward overtime pay […]

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In the 1920s, a pompous strutting man seized control over Italy to wide acclaim as he promised effficiency and order. Benito Mussolini is dead, butSilvio Berlusconi has strutted on the stage of power to promise efficiency and order once again for the people of Italy. After three weeks of talks with his pro-Fascist allies and […]

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About eighty years ago, Fascist thugs led by Benito Mussolini, stormed through the streets of Rome on their way to power and the installation of a dictatorship that eventually led to the destruction of their nation. Yesterday, a former street-fightng neo-fascist won a crushing victory in Rome’s mayoral election which adds luster to the […]

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The rights of Italian women to abortion has come under attack due to efforts of one of the nation’s most famous pundits, a man who styles himself a “devout atheists,” but whose pro-life political campaign has frightened those fighting for the rights of Italian women. Giuliano Ferrara, who began his political life as a communist, […]

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Thousands gathered at the funeral of slain Imad Mughniyeh, the man who was responsible for the deaths of over 80 Jewish people in the 1994 Argentine bombing of a Jewish organization headquarters. Speeches are being made in Syria and Lebanon, and most probably in Iran, about this supposed gallant individual who killed innocent civilians as […]

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Science is taking a back seat to the Pope with the dismantling of the astronomical observatory that has been part of Castel Gandoifo, south of Rome, for more than 75 years. The Pope claims he needs more room for diplomats and has ordered the observatory be removed to a new location. Father Jose G. […]

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Silvio Berlusconi stunned the italian nation by dissolving the largest political party, Forza Italia, in order to form a new political organization. Italy’s richest man who controls large segments of the media told his supporters, “The time has come. today a great new party is officially born. the people are ahead of us and they […]

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President Nicholas Sarkozy addressing the American Jewish Congress reiterated his stand against allowing Iran to possess an atomic bomb, but he also indicated “I believe that Arab countries including Iran have a right to civilian nuclear power.” The French president denounced anti-Semitism in France and emphasized that the existence of Israel as a Jewish state […]

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The passage of a law in Italy which allowed citizens of the European Union who posed a threat to security to be summarily expelled from the country is encountering serious opposition in Europe. The “decree law” was signed by Prsident Napolitano within hours after the murder of Giovanna Reggiani, wife of a naval captain, by […]

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Last week, an Italian woman was walking home when she was brutally attacked by a band of criminals who not only robbed her but left her dead body in a gully. The crime has aroused a fury of anger by Italians against their immigrant population which numbers nearly a million. Police swept through Roma immigrant […]

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