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Car design head Pininfarina dies in road crash

reuters.com     7 hrs ago   2 related          

By Jo Winterbottom MILAN (Reuters) - Andrea Pininfarina, head of the company which designs Ferraris, Fiats and the Ford Focus, died in a road crash in the early hours of Thursday near the Italian city of Turin, riding his Vespa...                    

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Pininfarina CEO dies in accident

asianage.com     3 hrs ago   3 related          

BY COLLEEN BARRY Milan Aug. 7: Andrea Pininfarina, the chief executive of the Italian car design firm founded by his grandfather that counts Ferraris and Alfa Romeos among its creations, died on Thursday in a road accident near...                    

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Italy touts arrests after sending troops in cities (AP)

yahoo.com     yesterday   41 related          

By MARTA FALCONI, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago ROME - The 400 armed soldiers patroling Rome didn't seem to bother Renata Zya. The soldiers are part of a deployment that began Monday in cities across Italy to beef up...                    

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The Lede: Italy Joins the Boxed Wine Rebellion

nytimes.com     Aug 4, 2008   1 related          

The barbarians are not literally at the gate, but Italy is under some duress, judging by the headlines of the last 24 hours or so. Thousands of soldiers have been deployed in the streets of Rome, Milan, Turin and Palermo to...                    

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Public opinion on troops mixed

ansa.it     Aug 4, 2008   12 related          

(ANSA) - Italians and tourists on Monday had mixed reactions to the arrival of the first troops on city streets as the government's scheme to use 3,000 soldiers to help police fight crime got under way. In Rome, around 400 of...                    

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Troops take to streets in Italian cities

italymag.co.uk     Aug 4, 2008   5 related          

The first group of soldiers went on duty in Italian cities on Monday as a controversial government scheme to use 3,000 troops to help police fight crime got under way. Under the plan coordinated by the interior and defence...                    

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Italian troops to help police battle crime

thehour.com     Aug 4, 2008   24 related          

By CHRISTINE SPOLAR Chicago Tribune ROME -- Army troops landed in the Italian capital Monday as part of a controversial deployment of 3,000 soldiers across Italy to help police enforce what has been described as an anti-crime...                    

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Olympic Athletes Must Follow IOC Guidliness When Blogging

dw-world.de     Aug 3, 2008   475 related          

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Olympic athletes can blog, but are not allowed to "compete" with journalists The Olympic Charter prohibits any journalistic work by athletes, but since the Turin Winter Games in...                    

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How Long Does it Take to Lose a Blackberry in Beijing?

washingtonpost.com     Aug 3, 2008          

The height of early-August Beijing style. The answer to the question above? In my case, considerably less than 24 hours. This was a happy development, because when I went to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, it took a good two...                    

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Good Olympic internet news: blogging athletes permitted - Feature

earthtimes.org     Aug 3, 2008   1,198 related          

Beijing - The Beijing Olympics not only stand for internet restrictions - there is also a new freedom on the internet as Olympic athletes can talk about the restrictions and other issues on their own blog on the world wide web....                    

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