Against Push for Peace Talks, Outposts Continue Israeli Land Grab
Source: Inter Press Service
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 10:41:53 -0700 | political-news
Ibrahim Makhlouf reaches for two wooden planks lying in the hallway and places them expertly in an L-shape along the seams of his front door. Open [the door], he beckons, knowing that doing so is nearly impossible...Makhlouf's home sits on...
At lower price, cervical cancer vaccine set to reach more women
Source: The Hindu
Gavi :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 21:23:26 -0700 | health-news
Agency has managed to secure a single dose for $4.50, as against market price of $130 It is expected that the new low price secured for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine will facilitate wider deployment of the vaccine against...
Report: Moroccan in Italy convicted in attack plot
Source: The Boston Globe
Milan :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 10:05:23 -0700 | political-news
Italian media are reporting that a 22-year-old Moroccan man has been convicted and sentenced to five years and four months in jail for plotting a terror attack against a Milan synagogue. The man was arrested in March 2012 after police...
Cavendish wins but Wiggins struggles
Source: BBC
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 20:40:45 -0700 | sports-news
Giro d'Italia Britain's Mark Cavendish claimed his 100th professional win with a brilliant sprint finish in a rain-hit stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, as Sir Bradley Wiggins's victory hopes took a blow. The Omega Pharma Quick Step rider's win...
Juve, Milan, Barca, PSG? Where Has Zlatan Ibrahimovic Played His Best Football?
Source: Datzhott
Milan :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 08:56:17 -0700 | sports-news
Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic is on the verge of equalling his career-high season tally for goals. Currently with 27 for the season, he is one short of eclipsing last season's total of 28 for AC Milan. Domestically, it is another...
Some 10% of Italian breast cancer victims lose their jobs
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 08:47:50 -0700 | health-news
Many women go on to have professional problems as a result of the illness, the report said. Some 3.4% of those interviewed as part of the study said they had been fired, while 6.2% said they had been either obliged...
Schettino defence 'stunned' by mooted 20-year jail term
Source: Ansa
Grosseto :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 08:10:45 -0700 | travel-news
Defence lawyers for former Costa Concordia cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino on Thursday said they were "stunned" by reports the prosecution may seek a 20-year jail term for his part in Italy's worst maritime disaster since the Second World War....
Muslims in Italy have been victims of violence, leader says
Source: Ansa
Bari :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 08:10:41 -0700 | political-news
Italy's Muslim community on Thursday said numerous individuals of Islamic faith have suffered physical violence in the southern Italian region of Puglia, as well as in other areas of the nation in recent weeks by "unidentified assailants"...Lorenzini said the incidents...
Girfriend probed in 1989 soccer player death
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 08:10:39 -0700 | political-news
Italian police are probing the former girlfriend of an Italian soccer player who was found dead in 1989 after being hit by a truck. The death of Donato 'Denis' Bergamini, a midfielder for Serie B club Cosenza, was initially ruled...
High winds and heavy rainfall in northern and central Italy
Source: Ansa
Vicenza :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 08:10:40 -0700 | green-news
Rome, May 16 A weather alert was issued on Thursday for residents of central and northern Italy as heavy rains and strong winds swept across the area over the past 24 hours, causing flooding and damage...The local population has been...
Grillo puts focus on migrants in extreme social situations
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 08:10:32 -0700 | political-news
Beppe Grillo, the leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) on Thursday asked for more attention to be paid to immigrants living illegally and in extreme social conditions in Italy, making an explicit reference to the pickaxe attack last Saturday...
Mobile phone calls can cause blood pressure spikes
Source: NewKerala
Piacenza :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 11:10:06 -0700 | health-news
Researchers from the Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital in Piacenza, Italy, took 12 blood pressure readings at one-minute intervals from 94 patients with mild hypertension...Patients were seated in a comfortable armchair in a doctor's consulting room and left alone after the...
iKlip 2 and iKlip Studio for iPad mini from IK Multimedia
Source: Scoop
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 05:46:00 -0700 | entertainment-news
IK Multimedia, the leader in mobile music-creation apps and accessories, is shipping the new range of its smart iPad holders for stage, studio, office or home. The new iKlip 2 for iPad, and for iPad mini, are enhanced versions of...
Postal services go green in and around Padua
Source: Ansa
Monselice :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 05:38:23 -0700 | technology-news
A green initiative announced on Thursday by Padua mail services aims at cutting down on the province's carbon footprint and at facilitating the tedious task of paying bills, postal authorities said. Residents in the Veneto city of Padua and nearby...
Fed's Rosengren blasts U.S. government spending cuts
Source: Boston Herald
Milan :: Italy | updated 2013-05-16 05:27:10 -0700 | business-news
Increased spending cuts and tax increases in the United States have weakened the country's outlook for near-term economic growth, and heightened the risk that inflation expectations could fall and real interest rates could rise, according to Boston Federal Reserve chief...
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