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Hollywood Icon Jennifer Jones Dies at 90
(AP) Jennifer Jones, the beautiful, raven-haired actress who was nominated for Academy Awards five times, winning in 1943 for her portrayal of a saintly nun in "The Song of Bernadette," died Thursday. She was 90.
Jones, who in later years was a
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Cielo Sets 50-Meter Freestyle World Record
Brazilian swimmer Cesar Cielo has broken the world record in the 50-meter freestyle, clocking 20.91 seconds on Friday in a meet in Sao Paulo. The old mark was 20.94 by Frederick Bousquet of France set on April 26 in Montpellier, France. Cielo also holds
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Pope John Paul II and controversial Pope Pius XII move a step closer to beatification
Some Jews and historians have argued Pius should have done more to prevent the deaths of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators. As a result, the German-born Benedict's surprise decision to recognize Pius' "heroic virtues" sparked
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Rome Grand Prix deal agreed
Bernie Ecclestone has agreed a deal which would see Formula One come to the streets of Rome, according to course planner Maurizio Flammini.
A Rome grand prix, raced through the streets of the Italian capital much like that of Monaco, has been in
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U.S. sends 12 Gitmo detainees to their home nations
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has transferred a dozen Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region as the Obama administration continues to move captives out of the facility in Cuba in preparation for its closure.
The Justice Department
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European flights grounded
British Airways also cancelled a "small number" of short-haul flights, blaming the disruption caused by Monday's heavy snowfall which had shut London Gatwick, Britain's second busiest airport, for several hours.
Germany's Frankfurt airport, Europe's
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Vatican tries to reassure Jews over Pius XII move
Source: Carl Baer/ONE NewsEugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, as a nuncio in Bavaria Pacelli visits a group of bishops circa 1922 (Carl Baer/ONE News)
The Vatican tried to reassure Jews that its decision to move
wartime Pius XII closer to
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In Bethlehem, holiday cheer edges out gloom
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of pilgrims from around the world descended on the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Thursday, greeted by choruses, scout troops and rock bands for the most upbeat Christmas celebrations this Palestinian town has seen
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Vatican to review security after attack on pope
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican will review its security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, managing to knock him down before being pulled away by security, the Vatican
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Vatican to review security after papal knock-down
Italian officials also remarked on the odd similarity of the breach to an assault two weeks ago on Premier Silvio Berlusconi by a man with a history of psychological problems. The attack in Milan broke the premier's nose and two teeth.
The Vatican
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Pope presses the flesh, visits Rome soup kitchen
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI waded into a crowd of well-wishers in Rome on Sunday, just days after he was knocked down by a woman at a Christmas Eve Mass.
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Tunisian diplomat Bourguiba Jr. dies at 82
TUNIS, Tunisia - Habib Bourguiba Jr., a former foreign minister and the only son of Tunisia's independence leader and first president, died Monday in Tunis at the age of 82, his family said.
The cause of death was not released, but his family said he
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Israeli nuclear whistleblower arrested... for 'having a Norwegian girlfriend'
Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was today arrested for violating a ban on contact with
foreigners.
Isreali police claimed Vanunu met with 'a number of foreigners,' something he was ordered not to do for fear he might divulge classified
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Free Funerals For Drunk Drivers
A Georgia funeral home says it is offering free services and burial for anyone who plans to drink or do drugs before driving on New Year's Eve.
Jennings and Miller Funeral Home in Rome said its doors are open for citizens to come in before noon
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Catholic priests in Uganda split from Rome, form new church allowing priests to marry
The creation of the splinter church underscored the increasingly vexing problem of enforcing celibacy for Roman Catholic priests in Africa, which has the world's fastest-growing Catholic population but where there have been several cases of priests
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Vietnam-era correspondent William Tuohy dies
William Tuohy, a Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War, has died at 83.
Tuohy died Thursday after open heart surgery at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, the Los Angeles Times
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Toni presented in Rome
ROME -- Luca Toni denied he only signed for AS Roma on a six-month loan deal so he could be recalled to the Italian national team for the World Cup.
The 32-year-old striker was presented Saturday in Rome and suggested he wants to move permanently from
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Pope sends his secretary to visit Christmas Eve attacker
The Vatican confirmed today that Pope Benedict XVI had sent Father Georg
Gaenswein, his personal secretary, to visit the secure psychiatric unit
where the Swiss-Italian woman who knocked the pontiff down on Christmas Eve
is being held.
Father
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Confusion in Europe after US demands more security
LONDON (AP) - Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across Europe on Monday, and airports did not appear to be following a U.S. request for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries.
U.S.
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TVA hydroelectric dams on for 1st time in 3 years
There's so much water that TVA can't capture all the potential energy because it doesn't have the equipment to do so.
"This type of situation is far more the exception than the rule," said Chuck Bach, TVA's manager for river scheduling. "We have
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New security as pope greets faithful in basilica
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI kissed babies and shook the outstretched hands of faithful in St. Peter's Basilica as he walked up an aisle widened for security following the Christmas Eve scare when a woman scrambled over a barrier and knocked him
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Some Euro Nations May Nix Body Scanners
BRUSSELS -- European nations were sharply divided Thursday over the need to install full-body scanners at European airports, with some EU members playing down the need for beefed-up security measures.
Italy on Thursday joined the United States,
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Brrr: Parents fight for sleds as Europe shivers
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PARIS — Snow settling near France's Mediterranean shores. German parents battling to buy sleds. British horse races called off over too much ice.
A man walks down a snow covered road in Benson, southern England, Thursday Jan. 7, 2010.
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Pope visits prelate hurt in basilica incident
ROME (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI paid a call Saturday on a hospitalized cardinal who broke a hip when a mentally disturbed woman knocked the pontiff down in St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve.
Benedict embraced 87-year-old French Cardinal Roger
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George Will: Liberal policies take toll on California college system
Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) was a hero to the American left, partly because of his 1939 anti-war novel Johnny Got His Gun. Trumbo's title modified the lyric “Johnny get your gun” from the World War I song Over There. Trumbo's “Johnny” is horribly maimed
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Berlusconi back in Rome after attack
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi arrives at his private residence Monday in Rome for a meeting with his allies on possible tax and justice reforms. Berlusconi, who returned to Rome after about a month away from the public eye following an attack in
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'Avatar' is no masterpiece, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY — Unlike much of the world, the Vatican is not awed by the film "Avatar."
James Cameron's big-grossing, 3-D spectacle has earned lukewarm reviews by both the Vatican newspaper and its radio station, which say the movie is simplistic in its
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Pope meets, forgives woman who knocked him down
decision to meet with Maiolo and forgive her follows a similar gesture by Pope John Paul II.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI met today with the woman who knocked him over at St. Peter's Basilica during Christmas Eve Mass, and he forgave her, the
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Pope meets, forgives woman who knocked him down
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI met on Wednesday with the woman who knocked him over at St. Peter's Basilica during Christmas Eve Mass, and he forgave her, the Vatican said.
Susanna Maiolo, a 25-year-old with a history of psychiatric problems, and her
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Aid groups struggle to get help to Haitians
Aid workers hoping to distribute food, water and other supplies to a shattered
Port-au-Prince are warning their efforts may need more security today as
Haitians grow increasingly desperate and impatient for help.
Hundreds of US paratroopers arrived
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Pope to visit Rome synagogue
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI, on the eve of his controversy-generating visit to a Rome synagogue, said Saturday that the end of Nazi tyranny in his German homeland made him happy and allowed him to resume studies for the priesthood.
His visit to
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Pope stuck in 'Groundhog Day' scenario with Jews, expert says
The Pope rankled Jews in Rome last month by moving Pius XII further down the path to sainthood.
Pope Benedict XVI due to visit the main Jewish synagogue in Rome, ItalyAngered Jews in Rome last month by moving Pius XII closer to becoming a saintJews
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Pope John Paul II gunman released from prison
ANKARA, Turkey —
The Turk who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison on Monday after more than 29 years behind bars and proclaimed that he was a messenger of God and that the world will end in this century.
Mehmet Ali Agca, 52, waved
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Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy
But hour by hour the unmet needs of hundreds of thousands grew.
Overwhelmed surgeons appealed for anesthetics, scalpels, saws for cutting off crushed limbs. Uncounted hundreds of survivors sought to cram onto buses headed out of town. In downtown
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Pope Gunman's Release Jars Turkey
The release of the Turkish man who shot the pope in 1981 has unsettled Turks who remember him for another crime — the killing of journalist Abdi Ipekci, whose calls for tolerance still resonate in a divided nation. The world knows Mehmet Ali
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Bell Injured When In Rome
American actress Kristen Bell suffered a medical scare while filming upcoming comedy When In Rome - after she burned her leg in a freak scooter accident.
Bell, who stars opposite Josh Duhamel in the movie, scalded her leg while filming on location in
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Bishops hold talks after sex abuse report
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Catholic bishops gathered for an extraordinary general meeting today in the wake of the damning report into clerical child sex abuse in the Dublin archdiocese.
Just days after Pope Benedict summoned them to a meeting in Rome next
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This week in entertainment: 'Edge of Darkness' features Mel Gibson in first film-starring role in eight years
Wednesday: "Fiddler on the Roof," starring irrepressible Harvey Fierstein, opens at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, where it plays through Feb. 21.
Thursday: Aurora Theatre Company opens the world premiere of Joel Drake Johnson's dramedy
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Anjem Choudary: "We need to go to Rome and raise a banner saying the Day of Judgment will come when the Muslims take Rome. We will definitely conquer Rome one day"
Barmy Anjem Choudary last night vowed to send out former Islam4UK devotees to establish Sharia law across Europe.
Following a recent ban by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, Choudary says his followers are already starting to move to the continent in a
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Pope decries 'aversion' to Christians
ROME - Pope Benedict XVI decried Monday what he called "growing aversion" to the Christian faith in the world.
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Book: John Paul II used belt to whip himself
Monsignor Slawomir Oder, the postulator, or main promoter for John Paul II's canonization, gestures during the presentation of the book "Why He's a Saint", in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Pope John Paul II decided to forgive his would-be assassin
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A free man: what is pope gunman's next move?
ISTANBUL - This week, the Turkish man who shot the pope in 1981 and just got out of jail drove to a police station.
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Experts find source of ancient Roman aqueduct
Experts have located the source of an ancient aqueduct built by Emperor Trajan nearly 2,000 years ago to supply Rome.
Archaeologists and officials said at a news conference Thursday that the find near lake Bracciano, north of Rome, was made by a
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Berlusconi media claims prostitute investigation
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi smiles as he arrives at his private residence for a meeting with his allies on possible tax and justice reforms, in Rome, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. Berlusconi, who returned to Rome after about a month away from the public
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Darren Fletcher is vital in our quest for glory, says Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson
SIR ALEX FERGUSON last night slammed Arsene Wenger's criticism of Darren Fletcher - and reckons the Scotland star is crucial to United's glory hopes.
It may have taken a while but the football world has woken up to Fletcher's talents.
Often described
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International Criminal Court could soon try and punish those who wage illegal wars
London, Jan. 31 (ANI): If a proposal by the International Criminal Court is passed, those involved in a "crime of aggression" or "illegal wars" would be tried and punished in the Hague.
Britain, a member of the court, is not against the plan in
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Pope Confirms Great Britain Trip
(02 Feb 10 - RV) On Monday Pope Benedict XVI received the Bishops of England and Wales at the end of their Ad Limina Pilgrimage to Rome. During his address, the Pope confirmed his first Apostolic Visit to Great Britain and asked the bishops to ensure
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'Avatar,' 'The Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominations
The science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow.
For the first time
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Prosecutor:war crimes tribunal 'working well'
The chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor said the International Criminal Court has become a major player in the pursuit of justice and is working well even with many countries who aren't parties to its statute, including the United States, China and
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Mallett Names Italian Side
Italy coach Nick Mallett has selected along expected lines for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations opener against Italy at Croke Park (kick-off 2.30pm), backing the players that secured a notable win over Samoa in November.
A view of the Italian squad that faced
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Rome airport has no security for 2 hours
The international terminal at Rome’s main airport has no effective security for two hours every night, a report in an Italian weekly said on Friday.
L’Espresso said that between 1:00 am and 3:00 am (1200 and 0200 GMT) every day, standard security
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G-7 NOTEBOOK: Finance chiefs hear different tune
Finance officials are taking a break in talks about the world's economic woes to listen to a different tune.
But Inuit folk singer Lucie Idlout's music comes with a serious message — and a challenge. Her song, "Lovely Irene," inspired Iqaluit Mayor
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Gates says it's not too late for Iran sanctions
ROME - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling on the international community to rally together to pressure Iran into abandoning its nuclear program.
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Celebrity photographer Felice Quinto dies at 80
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Felice Quinto, a renowned celebrity photographer and the likely model for the character Paparazzo in Federico Fellini's 1960 film "La Dolce Vita," has died. He was 80.
Quinto died of pneumonia on Jan. 16 in Rockville, his wife,
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MOODY CALLS FOR DOGGED DISPLAY
Lewis Moody has warned England they will need all the "dog, heart and enthusiasm" in their armoury if they are to beat Italy in Rome this Sunday.
And the Leicester flanker, nicknamed 'Mad Dog' for the pathological disregard he has for his own personal
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Cole: This is a big surprise
Dan Cole has admitted the prospect of anchoring the England pack was not even on his radar at the start of this season.
But the 22-year-old Leicester tight-head prop has made such an impact in his breakthrough season at Welford Road he was today named
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Review: EA Does 'Dante's Inferno' Justice
(AP) If ever there was a work of great literature tailor-made for adaptation into a video game, it would be Dante Alighieri's "Inferno" from "The Divine Comedy," a three-part poem. It has hell's signature foreboding and a litany of monstrous
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Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen and the 1992 Dream Team are finalists for the Naismith Hall of Fame
Two-time NBA MVP Karl Malone was named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.
The 1992 Dream Team, which Malone and Pippen played on along with superstars such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, is a finalist in the team
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Haskell: I have restarted my career
James Haskell risked his England career when he move from Wasps to Stade Francais.
Eight months on and Haskell would be forgiven for expecting a few RFU officials to eat a slice of humble pie before settling down tomorrow to watch England and the
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Decisions about police pursuits difficult
Motorists who are fleeing officers usually don't pay attention to municipal boundaries, so authorities try to coordinate their efforts.
In recent years, they've altered the way they continue pursuits to minimize the chances for injury, Wisconsin Rapids
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Victims of abuse warn clergymen to 'get act together'
SURVIVORS of clerical abuse have warned the Irish bishops meeting the Pope in Rome today that they have two days to "get their act together" and if no meaningful response comes out of the summit they will break off all engagements with them.
Andrew
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Pope tells Irish bishops to be honest over scandal
VATICAN CITY —
The Vatican says the pope is urging Irish bishops to be honest and courageous in handling the clergy sex abuse scandals.
Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said that resignations of bishops weren't discussed at a summit on the
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Pope sprinkles ashes on heads of faithful in sign of humility in Lenten tradition in Rome
ROME (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI is marking the start of the solemn Lenten season by sprinkling ashes on the bowed heads of faithful in a Roman Catholic tradition.
Ash Wednesday services for Roman Catholics worldwide usher in a period of penitence and
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MICHAEL BURLEIGH: Mossad and the morality of assassination: Where do you draw the line?
The bare facts of what happened are shocking enough. Four teams of assassins - from Paris, Frankfurt, Rome and Zurich - flew into Dubai and tracked their victim to his hotel. Using sophisticated short-range communication devices to time their strike to
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Mother Mary MacKillop becomes first Australian saint
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI approved sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop today, making the woman known for her work among the needy Australia's first saint.
The pope made the announcement during a ceremony at the Vatican and set the formal
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Joy as Pope backs MacKillop's sainthood
SHE has been described as a wild colonial girl and a servant of God but Mary MacKillop is now on her way to being declared a true Aussie saint. Last night a message from Rome confirmed what Australian Catholics had been praying for since her sainthood
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Mayor of Rome announces plans for stadium
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Baseball is about to have a permanent home in Rome.
Mayor Gianni Alemanno announced plans Sunday to donate a parcel of land for a new, baseball-specific stadium that can host international events. It will be built in Tor
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Charlie to cover doubtful Wilko
Charlie Hodgson has been called into the England squad as cover for Jonny Wilkinson ahead of the game with Ireland.
Wilkinson is suffering from "muscle tightness", but there was no immediate indication from the England management that he is in danger
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England must stand by their core values and stick with Jonny Wilkinson | Paul Rees
Jonny Wilkinson has been criticised for his performances in the Six Nations so far but his mental strength can benefit the team. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
Martin Johnson was always likely to name an unchanged side once Jonny Wilkinson was
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Johnson in defiant mood
England manager Martin Johnson has refused to apologise for his side's perceived lack of creativity and insists they will do whatever it takes to beat Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday.
Johnson's side were subject to widespread criticism for a
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Telecom Italia delays earnings report amid probe
MILAN - Telecom Italia says it has postponed the approval of its 2009 results and new business plan due to an investigation into alleged money-laundering activity at its Sparkle unit.
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Harry to greet charity cyclists
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Italy too strong for Scotland in Rome
Substitute Pablo Canavosio was the hero with a second-half try after Dan Parks almost single-handedly threatened to win the game for the visitors with another masterclass with the boot.
Mirco Bergamasco kicked Italy's other points in a 16-12 success,
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Robinson bemoans lack of cutting edge
Andy Robinson was once again left to bemoan Scotland's lack of ruthless streak as Italy turned them over for the fourth time in Rome.
As in Wales two weeks ago, the visitors had enough of the ball in threatening areas to have run out comfortable
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Italian Cabinet approves corruption crackdown
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Protesters display a poster depicting Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi wearing prison clothes during a rally in central Rome, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. Political opponents, including center-left leaders and Radical party
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Lawyer: Fastweb founder denies role
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ROME Jailed Fastweb founder Silvio Scaglia told magistrates Tuesday that he had no role or responsibility in an alleged euro2 billion ($2.7 billion) global money laundering ring involving two Italian Internet and phone companies,
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TSA polishes shoe-scanner plan
Clear employees test a shoe scanner at the Orlando International Airport in July 2006.
WASHINGTON The Transportation Security Administration is reviving an idea that aims to take one of the biggest hassles out of airport security: removing your shoes
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Mexican woman: 2 kids with scandal-tainted priest
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MEXICO CITY — A Mexican woman charged Wednesday that the deceased, scandal-tainted founder of a conservative Roman Catholic religious order led a double life and fathered two children with her.
Blanca Lara Gutierrez said she met the
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'Chorister hired escorts for papal attendant'
"He asked and I executed. He would give me 50 or 100 euros, never more than 1 000 or 1 500 euros a year," said Ehiem, adding that for Balducci "a 26-, 27-year-old man was too young. He preferred meeting mature people - 40 or older."
The last meeting
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Inter the winners as Roma, Milan draw
Serie A leaders Inter Milan were the true winners as their two nearest challengers AS Roma and AC Milan drew 0-0 at the capital's Stadio Olimpico on Saturday. Earlier in the day Juventus had gone fourth after Fabio Grosso's winner gave them a 2-1
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Pope's Brother Says He Would Testify In Abuse Case
ROME -- Pope Benedict's brother has told a Rome newspaper he is willing to testify in the sex scandal rocking Germany's Catholic Church. But he says he knows nothing about the alleged abuse of boys in a choir he later led.
In an interview published
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Review: `House of Versace' built on solid ground
"House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival" (Crown, 352 pages, $26), by Deborah Ball: "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival" chronicles the life of fashion designer Gianni Versace, from his humble
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Scotland recall de Luca
Cardiff - Scotland recalled Nick de Luca on Tuesday for this weekend's Six Nations clash against England here at Murrayfield as they looked to avoid a tournament whitewash by beating their oldest foes.
De Luca, 26, will play at outside
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Mafia raids: FBI raids crack down on Cosa Nostra in New York, Miami, Sicily
Police in Palermo say the crackdown on the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate was still being carried out Wednesday.
National police in Rome say 20 warrants have been issued so far in Palermo and six arrests have been made in the United States. Police say the
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Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school
A Rome high school has incurred the ire of the Catholic Church after its decision to install condom-vending machines for students.
Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the pope's vicar for Rome, has criticized the decision as trivializing sex, while the Italian
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Pope to skip Alps this summer
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI, who broke his wrist last summer during his Alpine vacation, is passing up invitations to return to the mountains so he can spend his holiday near Rome.
Benedict received several invitations for the
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Pope under fire for priest transfer, letter on sex abuse
Pope Benedict XVI offers a blessing during his weekly general audience at the Vatican.
VATICAN CITY (AP) Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile
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Vatican newspaper defends pope, denies celibacy requirement is cause of clerical sex abuse
Georg Ratzinger, 86, brother of Pope Benedict XVI, walks in front of his dwelling house in Regensburg, southern Germany, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The pope's brother said in an newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as
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World's Shortest Man Dies in Rome
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(AFP) - The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who stood just over two feet five inches tall, has died, Britain's Guinness World Records said Monday. He was 21.
He -- a native of China who had a form of
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World's shortest man, He Pingping, dies in Italy
FILE -- In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, the world's smallest man, He Pingping, and the woman with the longest legs in the world, Svetlana Pankratova, pose together in London's Trafalgar Square. According to a spokesperson for Guiness World
