Florence

Florence

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  Patriarch of fashion brand Missoni dies in Italy

  Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear that helped launch Italian ready-to-wear and turn Milan into ... 

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  Italy parliament fails again to tap president

  Italy's polarized Parliament failed in a second day of balloting Friday to elect a president, as the high-profile candidacy of ex-Premier Romano Prodi ... 

• Mexico investigates officials in Frenchwoman case

  Mexico's prosecutor for human rights says it has begun investigating former high-ranking law enforcement officials who were involved in the case of ... 

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  Italian court orders new trial for Amanda Knox

  Italy's highest criminal court ordered a whole new trial for Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend on Tuesday, overturning their acquittals in ... 

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  Leonardo da Vinci gets 'Batman' treatment on Starz

  In these 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci, he has upstaged every genius multi-tasker in his wake. Da Vinci was a whiz as a painter (hint: "Mona Lisa" ... 

• Criminal complaint in Mexico Frenchwoman case

  Mexico's top human rights body says it is bringing a criminal complaint against former and current high-ranking law enforcement officials in the case ... 

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  Twain then, us now, on Italian time travel trip

  I came to Italy to test a French adage by way of an American writer, Mark Twain. "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose." The more things change, ... 

• Quake rattles north Italy, felt in Milan, Florence

  A moderately-strong earthquake has rattled much of north-central Italy, including Milan skyscrapers, but authorities say first reports indicate there ... 

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  Mexican court orders release of French woman

  A Mexican Supreme Court panel voted Wednesday to release Florence Cassez, a Frenchwoman who says she was unjustly sentenced to 60 years in prison for ... 

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  Italy brings Michelangelo's 'David-Apollo' to US

  Michelangelo's "David-Apollo" will be showcased publicly beginning Thursday at the National Gallery of Art to open a yearlong celebration of Italian ... 

• Run-off needed in Italy's center-left primary

  Italy's center-left will have to choose between a veteran party official and the 37-year-old mayor of Florence after a primary aimed at choosing a ...