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Silvio Berlusconi gets one year in prison over wiretapping scandal

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Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in 2005. The 76-year-old billionaire was accused of violating secrecy laws in 2005, when the daily Il Giornale, which is run by his brother, published the transcripts in an apparent attempt to discredit... 

Pilot reports mysterious drone that could have caused crash over JFK airport

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The Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating a possible drone sighting reported over New York City by a commercial airline pilot on Monday. The operator of a Boeing 777 flown by Italy’s Alitalia told air traffic controllers at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York that he encountered an unmanned aerial vehicle a few hundred feet in front of his aircraft while flying over Brooklyn,... 

Cardinals in Vatican discuss next Pope

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Pope Benedict XVI Cardinals from all around the world have gathered in the Vatican to discuss ‘what sort of Pope the Church needs now’, following the resignation of Benedict XVI. More than 100 Catholic cardinals began talks in Vatican City on Monday to help identify candidates for the papal position. French cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois told reporters, “We’re going to take as much time as we need... 

Floods sweep through Greece and Italy, 1 dead

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Unusually heavy rains have caused floods in Greece and southern Italy with torrents of water strong enough to carry away vehicles. One woman died of shock after being trapped in her car surrounded by raging waters. In Athens a woman in her 20s died of a heart attack prompted by a shock when she became trapped in her car by floodwaters. Another woman was rescued from her stranded vehicle as streams... 

Pope Benedict XVI: Quo Vadis?

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In what some are calling a display of divine displeasure at the pope’s decision to resign, a bolt of lightening struck the Cross atop the dome of Peter’s Basilica in Rome only hours after the Pope’s shocking announcement. The pope’s decision left Catholics confused and bewildered as to the direction in which the Church is now headed.”Quo Vadis” is a Latin phrase... 

The Vatican and Illuminati

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It looks like an episode of Dan Brown’s sagas involving secret societies, conspiracies, the opus Dei and the prophecies of Malachy, who predicted the pope’s resignation and a final crisis in the already chaotic history of the Catholic Church. Are the days of Armageddon finally near, especially after the Maya deception of 2012? Last night a lightning stroke a dome in the city of the Vatican.... 

Shocking Alien Fears Force Pope From Office

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A stunning Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) report prepared for President Putin, which is circulating in the Kremlin today, states that Pope Benedict XVI was forced to resign this past week over Catholic Church fears that this 85-year-old leader of over 1 billion Christians was “mentally and physically unprepared” to deal with the coming revelation about the truth of alien beings. In our 22 January... 

Pope Benedict XVI to resign, first pontiff to quit since Middle Ages

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Pope Benedict XVI, the spiritual leader of Catholic Church, says he intends to resign from his position on February 28 since he is no longer able to carry out his duties. The 85-year-old Pope announced the decision during a meeting with cardinals on Monday. He claimed that the strength “has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry... 

EU moving towards break-up

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An analyst says the European Union members will not reach an agreement on the bloc’s next seven-year budget, paving the way for its breakup, Press TV reports. “…When we’re moving into a triple dip recession all around, when top of the agenda for most of the countries is austerity measures, budget cuts and trying to pay off the national debt, the likely of getting people to agree to a trillion... 

Berlusconi defends Mussolini on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi defended Italian fascist leader, Benito Mussolini as he spoke at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony. Other than passing ‘racial laws’ the Italian dictator “did good” in many ways, he said, provoking outrage. Berlusconi, currently the leader of the center-right People of Freedom party, didn’t think twice as he defended one of the key figures of fascism on... 

Global automotive industry stepping into new era

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Top managers of the global automotive industry interviewed by KPMG consultancy unanimously agreed that redistribution in the auto market is to be expected within the next five years. They believe that in the stagnating traditional markets, markets of developing countries, in particular, Asian ones, will have increasingly more weight. This will give an additional impetus to the development of the Chinese... 

Italian Colosseum restorers uncover old frescos, graffiti

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A restoration in the Italian most famous and historical monument Colosseum has yielded ancient traces of colorful frescoes as well as graffiti and drawings. The restorers cleaning the Colosseum discovered the artworks in the internal passageway, between the second and third levels of the first Century Colosseum of the building. The frescoes remains located under decades of calcified rock and grime... 

Tragedy in Nigeria as hundreds of Catholics found burnt alive by Muslims

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This is a brutal example of how far the struggle between Muslims and Catholics in Nigeria has reached. Muslims are determined to impose their ‘religion’ all over Africa as well as in other continents and countries of the world. Islam has but one goal: rule the world at any cost! And where are the International Human Rights Organizations? Christians are burnt alive in Nigeria: a horrific... 

Italian PM Mario Monti resigns

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti leaves the presidential palace in a car after handing in his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano on December 21, 2012. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has resigned, just days after ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his party threatened to topple his government. On Friday, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy Donato Marra said,... 

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti plans to resign

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has announced he is going to resign as he has lost support in the country’s parliament hours after former Premier Silvio Berlusconi said he would run again for head of government. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano’s office issued a statement on Saturday, announcing the prime minister’s resignation, saying Monti “does not think it possible to continue... 
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