Yesterday night Romans were partying. It was not about the beloved local team, As Roma. This time they were saluting their new mayor, the one they have elected with a vast majority and the person in which their hopes lie. Viale Cristoforo Colombo (like other major streets) was invaded by honking cars; people were hailing [...]
It’s been sixty-tree years since the Americans liberated us from the shadow of nazifascism. Not only the got rid of Mussolini and Hitler, together with Great Britain (or we should say Winston Churhill, perhaps). They also prevented USSR from taking power in Italy, a country in which the Pci (the Italian Communist Party) had a enormous [...]
Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Thursday confirmed for the first time reports in the Arab media claiming that Israel had agreed to implement full withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights in exchange for peace with Syria. In an interview with the Qatari daily Al Watan the Syrian president conveyed that the Turkish prime minister, [...]
Jean-Cyril Spinetta - Ceo of Air France/Klm - put the world “end” to a long and controversial negotiation with the flagship carrier Alitalia.
“…Contract it signed in March that could have led to a takeover bid for Alitalia SpA is no longer valid, as the conditions that had to be satisfied before launching a bid were [...]
It was unexpected, someone said. Not that Veltroni had so many chances to win – let’s put it clear – but at the same time, the victory obtained by the Pdl (People of Freedom –Popolo della Libertà) was so crystal clear that it surprised many.
Berlusconi’s Pdl has, in fact, won 46.8 to 37.6 against [...]
Interview with John C. Fortier, of the American Enterprise Institute, about the state of American electoral campaign, the “Al Gore factor” and the chances McCains has to become the 44th President of the United States of America.
A.L.H.- Prof. Fortier, Tomas Mann of Brookings Institution in Washington has said that the situation for Republicans does [...]
On that given morning, May 13 1981, Mehmet Ali Aðca shot various rounds toward the Great Polish Man - John Paul II. Afterwards he justified his action by stating the following: “To me the Pope was the incarnation of all that is capitalism;” clearly at the time he had no idea that his effort was [...]
It strange how the entire world is staring at this tiny man. As if he is the new David, fighting Goliath with a piece of paper and a pen. Although he might look tiny on the outside, Magdi Cristiano Allam does not lack of courage. “I want to belong to God”, said the deputy director [...]
According to the much discussed report made last year by the National Intelligence (NIE) on the Iranian nuclear issue: “…in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program”. As pointed out by Henry Kissinger on the Wp, though, it was only the construction of atomic warheads, a secondary aspect of the nuclear program that was [...]
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