Italy discovers 18 bodies on migrant boat
The Italian navy says it has found 18 dead bodies in a boat belonging to migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean towards Europe. The navy said on Sunday that its Sirio patrol ship docked in Sicily’s town of Pozzallo with 266 migrants and 18 corpses ...
Fifteenth-century paintings stolen from Italy's castle
Rome: Three small artworks of the 15th century have been stolen from the picture gallery of the iconic Sforza Castle in Italy's Milan, media reports said Sunday. The paintings belong to the Milan municipality and were found disappeared from the picture ...
Italy rescues 3500 migrants, finds 18 bodies at sea
Italian authorities say they have rescued 3,500 migrants and found at least 18 bodies in the Mediterranean Sea since Friday. The number of migrants attempting to reach Italy from Libya and other parts of North Africa has surged as more people attempt to ...
[NEWS] Some Sunday links
Al Jazeera notes India's concern about the possible domination of BRICS institutions by China, and looks at controversies surrounding gender in the French education system. BusinessWeek notes that some Chinese have taken to growing their own food in their apartments to avoid contaminated produce, an ...
Photography Over The Decades
In 1816 the first negative created by Nicephore Niepce using a camera obscura and placing sheets of silver salts coated paper at the back which was known to blacken in sunlight. These negatives were not permanent as they completely blacked once moved into sunlight. From 1826; this is the longest sur ...
Index (Italian)
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Mob History On This Day: Don Carlo Gambino is Born
Carlo Gambino was born in Palermo Sicily in Italy on this day in 1902. No crime crew has been as indomitable, as rich or as violent as the Gambino Crime Family. Its founder came from a well-connected Italian family who were members of The Honored Society, another term for Sicilian Mafioso, which was ...
