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6 Thursday 7 July 2005 National NEWS News in BRIEF Heat wave claims 21 Crucifix victims Stolen From Church Although A 16th century temperatures wooden crucifi have x now was dropped stolen tres. It from was to discovered the more Santissimo normal missing Nome July by heat, di church Gesù last priest Church week’s Don heat-wave Berlincioni, Florence managed to claim 21 victims before who last week. has made The a crucifi plea x, to which the public is not and insured, his congregation was acquired to come in the forwar 1980’s the weather cooled. The very and Train measures and Plane 83 Strikes by 95 centimetres. A train It strike was discovered set to begin missing this Thurs- by high temperatures and humidity claimed church day evening, priest the lives June Don of 23, Berlincioni, mostly at 21:00 elderly who will people has last until made in 21:00 the a plea northern tomorrow the regions public evening, and of Italy. his June congregation 24, Even and though will to keep temperatures come most forward trains in with the Italy any North from information travelling. have dropped that Alitalia might a pilots few reveal will be the walking crucifi due x’s out to whereabouts. on recent Sunday, storms, June degrees the 26, temperatures and air traffi c in will the be South severely are expected Celine limited. Joins to continue Tornabuoni to rise. Boutiques Live As Pets an Allowed 8 Concert act of faith Big in Hit Florence’s in economy, Over Rome 150,000 Celine hotels, CEO Marc bars, Loubier restaurants recently of the welcomed have eight adhered Live the 8 free to opportu- the con- na- and One certs nity tional to campaign that open were a branch “Finally held of around I the can French come the world luxury in too,” boutique last geared Saturday towards in Via took Tornabuoni. promoting place at The the the acceptance shop Circus opened Maximus of its pets doors in with central holiday the Rome. company’s spots. The Thousands Spring/Summer goal behind arrived the 2005 from campaign over is Italy to The reduce to luxuriously participate. the large deco- num- The all collection. Live rated bers 8 of boutique concerts pets that is equipped were are abandoned organised with six as video each a rally year screens to during support displaying the summer the its call most holiday for G8 popular leaders season. items, to About as increase well 350,000 as the efforts celebritiemals are who abandoned favour this every brand year. name. ani- to eradicate poverty, with particular attention to the continent of Africa. Actor Gas Prices Slays Up Lobster Again on Stage Spanish For the Live fi actor 8 fth organiser month Rodrigo in Bob Garcia a row, Geldof was gas congratulated reported prices have to police increased Italy for for his again successfullment are now organising and over killing 10 of the a percent lobster biggest during higher line- mistreat- and up his than of performance they stars were among at at the all beginning eight Contemporanea of this concerts. year. 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Organisers hope that this beautiful Tuscany had 11, Lazio 10, Basilicata location 46,000 may Italians become Declared the permanent Others site Keep Rich, 5, for and the Quiet Calabria festival that 3. offers Liguria, some An Italian Molise, of the fi nancial Umbria, best opera magazine Veneto, and classicalished music statistics all counted performances last 2 week, fi res. that, But in Flor- the ac- pub- and Puglia only ence. cording fi re Along to in tax the with declaration Abbruzzo La Bohème region, results, and whose La 46,000 Traviata, containment Italians this year’s earn required program more than the will manpower also 200,000 include per of a range year, 120 thus of fi re-fi events, reaching ghters, like was the “wealthy” equestrian one of status. the show hardest However, “Cadre to get there Noir” under and evidence control. 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Italian parmesan must follow strict traditional the nity to open a branch of the French production Shop luxury Til boutique You methods. Drop in Via Tornabuoni. Exports have The shops recently opened and risen art its studios by doors 7 percent with of the Via to Borgo company’s Europe, la Croce but Spring/Summer a will signifi remain cant 2005 drop open in until collection. exports 23:30 The to every the luxuriously U.S. Thursday, was decorated entire boutique as Summer production is equipped in an of initiative with “false” six reported the for parmesan to video reach screens shoppers has increased displaying and art there. its admirers popular who items, prefer to as an the well Italian cooler as the farmer’s evening celeb- most According association, hours rities who for a favour bit Chinese of this window brand production shopping name. of or false gallery Italian viewing. fontina, mozzarella, and Actor parmesan Slays Lobster cheeses on Stage has already claimed a 52.6 billion euro market. News Pope Makes Plea to G8 G8 Leaders must work to eradicate poverty As the annual G8 conference unfolds this week in the Scottish town of Gleneagles, many groups are watching what the world’s industrial leaders will decide as they discuss, among other things, world poverty. As the Live 8 concerts play in the world’s capitals in a musical push to increase efforts for the eradication of poverty, and the “Make Poverty History 2015” campaign increases pressure on leaders to take action, all eyes are now turned on industrial leaders in anticipation of the decisions they will make at the conference. When the Pope joined in and also made pleas last week to confront issues of poverty at this year’s G8 conference, it became clear that G8 leaders must respond to growing concerns over these unresolved issues. In a message delivered last week to the U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Mel Sembler, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi requested that the U.S. demonstrate full respect for Italian sovereignty and summoned the ambassador to explain the alleged CIA kidnapping of an Islamic cleric in Milan in 2003. Upon investigations into the kidnapping of Osama Mustafa Hassan, Italian courts have now issued the arrests of 13 alleged CIA agents who are suspected of having illegally extradited Hassan to Egypt, where he was Twice this past week Pope Benedict XVI made a direct appeal to G8 leaders to take concrete measures to eradicate poverty in poor countries, especially those in Africa, which is often a neglected continent. The pope expressed hopes that the group would work on reducing the debt of poorer countries and on establishing plans to eradicate poverty and promote an authentic economic development in Africa. In a letter to a “Make Poverty History” rally, the Pope also requested that a more just distribution of the Earth’s resources be attempted and that efforts to reduce the foreign debt of the poorest countries be maintained. He added that the peoples of richer countries of the world should be ready to accept the burden of reducing the debt of poorer countries and should push their leaders to continue to respect efforts to end poverty. Berlusconi Calls for Respect from U.S. Prime Minister calls on U.S. Ambassador to clarify issues in alleged CIA kidnappings in Italy then interrogated and tortured. Italy claims they had no knowledge of plans for this operation, which, in addition to being illegal, hindered the investigations that the Italian government had initiated on suspect Hassan. A CIA agent has rebutted these claims and insists that Italian intelligence knew of the operation and had given their consent. An agreement was made that if the case became public, both countries would deny their involvement. www.theflorentine.net HIDDEN DA VINCI DRAWING “DE-CODED” Sketch hidden behind one of Italian Renaissance artist’s masterpieces An infrared scan of artist Leonardo da Vinci’s “Virgin of the Rocks,” held at the National Gallery of London, revealed a new drawing hidden beneath the surface of the painting. The painting is considered an inferior copy of another “Virgin of the Rocks,” which is housed in the Louvre of Paris, and art curators initially began investigating how da Vinci had copied this fi rst masterpiece. The hidden drawing depicts the Virgin Mary kneeling with a downcast gaze and one arm outstretched. The theory is that even though da Vinci was commissioned to reproduce his original “Virgin of the Rocks,” he tried to propose this new composition as an alternative, but it was refused, and he was requested to make an exact copy of his previous painting.
www.theflorentine.net Sports 7 Thursday 7 July 2005 Sports NEWS Caterpillar Captures Palio Neighbourhood represented by bug wins Siena’s famous horserace Italy’s most famous historical horserace in Siena held one of its two annual races this past Saturday, and victory went to the Caterpillar (Bruco) team. The horserace is held in the central Piazza del Campo of Siena and is a competition between various neighbourhoods of the city. Thousands of visitors fill the piazza and the surrounding city streets during the races, and the city celebrates a moment of general merry-making as festivities accompany the event for days before and after the actual race. This year’s win was the ninth for jockey Luigi Bruschelli. He had the race won from the start, riding ahead of the others for its duration. For a traditionally heated race that oftentimes causes horses and riders to fall and be injured, only Florence Super in the Silver Bowl American Serie B football championship goes to the Guelfi The Serie B national Italian American football championship was held last week and Florence’s team, Guelfi , managed to claim victory. Since its creation six years ago, the team has managed to win 4 fi nals and 2 semi-fi nals. City offi cials have already designated newer and better training fi elds at the large sporting area that is being constructed at San Bartolo a Cintoia in order to promote the success of American-style football in Florence. The team hopes that it will soon be promoted to the Serie A Golden Bowl championships. two jockeys fell from their horses this year, and although one rider was knocked unconscious for a few moments, he was released from the Ferrari Downshifts to Third in French GP Schumacher manages to remain on Grand Prix podium After Ferrari’s double win at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, at which only 6 teams were allowed to race, Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello did not repeat their victories at this past weekend’s Grand Prix race at Magny Cours in France. Fernando Alonso for Renault claimed first place, and Raikkonen for McLaren Mercedes took second. Schumacher did manage to grab third place and remain on the winning podium, but the other Ferrari team member, Barrichello, was left far behind in ninth place. Dear Readers, due to the normal summer slow down in Florence, we have decided on a limited publication schedule as follows: hospital later that day without any serious injuries. This year’s second and last race is scheduled for August 16. July 7th July 21st August 4th September 8th Newly Promoted Torino May be Newly Demoted After recent return to Serie A, team is now being investigated for fraud The city of Turin has two football teams. One team, Juventus, has won the national Serie A championship so many times that their victory has become expected. The other team, Torino, has for two years now completely fallen out of the Serie A championship and has been playing in Serie B. Just a couple of weeks ago, the team celebrated their much-awaited return to Serie A and with it, a renewed competition with their old city rivals Juventus. In a tragic turn of events, the team’s organisation has now come under investigation for fraud. The in-debt team may have illegally obtained a loan for the statutory fee required for entrance into Serie A. If found guilty, the team will remain in Serie B and Bologna will take its place in the toplevel championship.
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