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Cash-strapped Italians abandoning autos for bicycles
Bikes are outselling cars in cash-strapped Italy but while cyclists in Milan say their city is ready for a two-wheel lifestyle, there are daily nuisances for riders on Rome’s trafficked streets. Some cities in Italy have bike-sharing initiatives, bike paths and public awareness schemes, while cyclists are still barely tolerated…
Pope attends ecumenical gathering of 40,000 young Christians
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday attended an ecumenical gathering of around 40,000 young people in Rome’s St Peter’s Square. The young Christians — Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox — came to Rome as part of a European meeting of the Taize community, an ecumenical monastic order in Taize in eastern France.…
Rome police bust massive marijuana plantation under Bank of Italy
Tipped off by the strong smell wafting into a suburban street, police in Rome have discovered a massive underground marijuana plantation in a disused railway tunnel built by Mussolini. Police seized 340kg of marijuana – with a street value of €3m (£2.36m) – from the plantation, which was lit by…
Unique memorial in Rome honors new Christian martyrs
From the Bible of a murdered Pakistani government minister to the prayer book of a slain San Salvador archbishop, a Rome church has created a unique memorial to modern-day Christian martyrs. At a time of outrage over anti-Christian violence in Africa, the exhibits at the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew are…
Model busted for smuggling cocaine in breast, buttocks implants
ROME — Italian airport police eyeing up a busty Spanish model’s curves made a startling discovery on Wednesday — 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) of pure cocaine stashed as implants in her bust and backside. The 33-year-old woman arriving in Rome from Sao Paulo in Brazil was wearing tight-fitting clothes to…
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…
Rome takes down unpopular Christmas tree
ROME — Rome city council took down a giant white papier-mache Christmas tree Tuesday, just one day after putting it up on a main square, following a storm of protests, officials said. “I don’t like it,” mayor Gianni Alemanno said of the conical structure more reminiscent of the Egyptian obelisks…
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