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Europe cold snap claims 260 lives, causes ferry scare
Hundreds of people were rescued Saturday after a ferry caught in a snow storm hit a breakwater off Italy, as a vicious cold snap that has claimed over 260 lives across Europe tightened its grip. Ukraine has suffered the heaviest toll with 122 deaths, including many who froze to death…
Death toll from Europe freeze tops 220
Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned Friday that the big freeze would tighten its grip over the weekend. A total of 223 people have died from the cold weather in the last seven days…
World stocks steady near 5-1/2 month high
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks held steady near a 5-1/2 month high on Friday as investors anticipated an imminent conclusion to Greek debt talks while lower Spanish bond yields and a fall in Italy’s six-month borrowing costs also supported the euro. EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said…
Warnings of ecological timebomb after Italy ship wreck
GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy — Fears rose of an environmental disaster from a wrecked cruise ship in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Italy on Monday as hopes faded of finding any more survivors on board. “This is an ecological timebomb,” Sergio Ortelli, mayor of the picturesque Tuscan island where…
Once a stray, Italian kitty inherits $13 million
A cat in Rome, Italy is officially part of the 1 percent after inheriting $13.3 million. Four-year-old Tommaso may have once been a stray, but he’s now the third-richest pet in the world. His 94-year-old owner was a childless widow who left the money to the kitty because no animal…
Europe stocks, euro rise amid Italy bailout talk
European stocks and the euro surged on Monday largely on a report that the International Monetary Fund was in talks with Italy about a package to prop up the indebted country, traders said. The IMF denied the rumour but this did not stop major European indices rallying more than 3.0 percent and the euro…
Italy 1 – 1 New Zealand
DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE! Yeah, you read that correctly. There’s been a lot of talk about these unexpected, unusual, even strange results in this World Cup. Depending on your point of view/country of origin, it’s either made for a great group stage thus far or a maddening one. But some of these…
Group F Possibilities
The current table: Paraguay 4 pts +2 goal difference Italy 2 pts 0 New Zealand 2 pts 0 Slovakia 1 pt -2 The possibilities: New Zealand win New Zealand/Paraguay draw Paraguay win Italy win Italy 5 +1 or better New Zealand 5 +1 or better Paraguay 4 Slovakia 1…
Day 4: What did we learn?
We learned that it’s a lot easier to make mistakes than great plays. Denmark coughed up a brutal own goal thanks to the unluckily placed heads and backs of their defenders. Paraguay blew the chance to cripple Italy’s dreams of a repeat when their keeper threw a drunkard’s punch and…
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