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Italian court convicts 23 Americans in CIA rendition case; extradition undecided...before the kidnapping. One of those convicted, Sabrina De Sousa, formerly a second secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, has sued the State Department for failing to claim diplomatic immunity on her behalf. "I am saddened, dismayed and... In this article: CIA, Defendant, Milan, Rome, Joseph L. Romano, Washington, and U.S. State Department |
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Deseret News | October 27, 2009
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...foreign ministers. ROME - A prominent opposition politician embroiled in a scandal over his encounter with a transsexual prostitute resigned his high-profile job Tuesday as head of the region that includes Rome. Piero Marrazzo has said...
In this article: E mail, State Department, Piero Marrazzo, Radovan Karadzic, U.N., and Bosnia
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | October 04, 2009
Vatican priest led vice police on 20minute chase
...after mistaking plain clothes officers for robbers. The court in Rome heard he worked at the Vatican's State Department and was also a master of ceremonies at St Peter's Basilica. Father Burgazzi is accused of wounding, resisting arrest...
In this article: Vatican, Ford Focus, State Department, and Hollywood
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Yahoo! News | June 05, 2008
US, British diplomats attacked, held in Zimbabwe: US envoy
...president (George W.) Bush is," she said. The US state department said it would raise the issue at the United Nations and with the Zimbabwean delegation at a UN food summit in Rome. "Our delegation in Rome will seek out an...
In this article: United Nations, Zimbabwe, United States, FAO, US State Department, Dana Perino, and Washington
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Daily Mail | October 03, 2009
'You don't know who you're messing with': Vatican priest caught in red light district after police chase
...Basilica. Officers gave chase after Father Burgazzi was spotted driving slowly in the Valle Giulia, an area of Rome well known for prostitution and transsexuals, and flagged down but instead drove off at high speed. When he...
In this article: Vatican, Ford Focus, State Department, and Hollywood
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America.gov | June 03, 2008
Zimbabwe Suspends CARE Operations, Leaving 110,000 Without Food
...110,000 of its citizens of food aid, and comes as President Robert Mugabe participates in the U.N. World Food Security conference in Rome. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters June 3 that the decision is "a...
In this article: CARE, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, State Department, U.N., and Bread
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Wikipedia | August 19, 2009
Carey Cavanaugh
...established the U.S. embassy to that new state After Tbilisi, Cavanaugh was assigned to the US Embassy in Rome to cover the communist and socialist parties, as well as European policy issues. The State Department cut short this assignment to...
In this article: Carey Cavanaugh, State Department, Foreign Service Institute, Tbilisi, Washington, Moscow, London, Berlin, and U.S.
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boston.com - Latest world news | June 24, 2009
Netanyahu says hopes for U.S. settlement understanding
...been rescheduled. The rare clouds in the U.S.-Israeli relationship seemed to overshadow Netanyahu's three-day visit to Europe, which also included talks in Rome, where Italian leaders prodded him to resolve the dispute. In lieu of a full...
In this article: Benjamin Netanyahu, United States, George Mitchell, Paris, Washington, West Bank, Ehud Barak, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Israel
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Wikipedia | September 09, 2009
Theodore Achilles
...as the U.S. Vice Consul in Havana. The following year, he held the same position in Rome, and was assigned the Department of State in 1935 to work with the general disarmament conference in Geneva. In 1939, he was assigned as third...
In this article: Yale University, Department of State, John F. Kennedy, Stanford University, Eastman Kodak, London, Washington, D.C., and Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Stuff | June 11, 2009
Gaddafi's Italian job
...Department list of countries that sponsor terrorism. Gaddafi's four-day visit to Italy, which began Wednesday, has highlighted Tripoli's strong political and economic ties to Rome. Last year, Italy agreed to pay US$5 billion compensation...
In this article: Muammar Gaddafi, Italy, Libya, La Sapienza University, Franco Frattini, Italian job, United States, Lockerbie, and Africa
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Rome (IPA: /roʊm/; Roma, ; Roma) is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality (central area), with over 2.7 million residents in 1285.3 km2, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.46 million. The metropolitan area of Rome is estimated by OECD to have a population of 3.7 million. It is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber river. The city has been one of history's most powerful and important centres, being the home of the emperor during the Roman Empire and the Italian government. The city also has a significant place in Christianity and is the present day home of the Roman Catholic Church and the site of the Vatican City, an independent city-state run by the Catholic Church. Due to this, the city has often been nicknamed "Caput Mundi" (Latin for "Capital of the World") and "The Eternal City". Also, Rome is widely regarded as one of the world's most beautiful ancient cities.
The city hosted the 1960 Olympic Games, with great success, and is also an official candidate for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Rome is the third-most-visited tourist destination in the European Union, and its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum are amongst the world's 50 most visited tourist destinations (the Vatican Museums receiving 4.2 million tourists and the Colosseum receiving 4 million tourists every year).
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