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Godfather Actor And Singer Al Martino Dies At 82

Al Martino, an American singer and actor of Italian descent, has died at the age of 82. He is famous for his role of Johnny Fontane in the epic film Godfather by Coppola where he played a singer whose character is...

Antonio Cristofaro: Mafia Boss' Pet Crocodile Seized In Italy

Italy's anti-Mafia police unit said they have seized a crocodile that was allegedly used by a suspected mafia boss to terrorize local businessmen into paying protection money. Police officers found the reptile while searching for weapons in a house outside the southern...

Mafia Link To Radioactive Waste Dumped In Mediterranean

An unmarked wreck full of radioactive waste was found in the Mediterranen, off the coast of Italy, on Saturday. Prosecutor Bruno Giordano stated that the ship may be proof that the mafia has been sinking nuclear...

Heavy Fire heard on Honduran island as Military aircraft circle

UTILA September 9, 2009 At 12:50am local time this reporter was woken by heavy gunfire coming from the direction of the secluded airport area on the small island of Utila located within The Bay Islands of...

Cafe de Paris Mafia Links: Police Seize 'La Dolce Vita' Cafe

The Cafe de Paris, a famous bar in Rome, was seized by the Italian anti-mafia police because the owners of Cafe de Paris belong to the 'Ndrangheta mafia, the most powerful mafia group in Italy. In total, the...

Man Sues Apple Claiming the Mafia Threatened Him Through an iPod

A Missourian man, Gregory McKenna, is suing Apple with claims that two Apple-made iPods contained receivers that let the Italian mafia send him messages clearly threatening him. In addition to Apple, the suit names...

Jim Cramer & Wall Street Try To Bury Cutting-Edge Treatment

I am very angry again today. It makes me SICK SICK SICK every time I think about the men who could have been on Provenge for over two years, yet still can't get it. I have friends who are literally dying for...

Point Shaving University Ball Players Linked to Gambling Mob

Article published May 06, 20098 indicted on bribery charges in UT point-shaving scandal From left to right: Ghazi "Gary" Manni, Scooter McDougle, Kashif Payne, and Keith Triplett. Zoom | Photo Reprints BLADE STAFFDETROIT — Two...

Mussoorie-Queen of Hills becoming ‘Queen of Ills’

MUSSOORIE, 19 Feb:  Mussoorie is known as queen of hills and it came into existince during british raaj around 1823.But nowthe cndition under he independent india is disgusting as the corruption rules and the...

Wall Street Whistleblower Gets Head Bashed In With Brick

Can the message be any clearer. The United States Government wants us to fund our own retirement with 401K's, and then allows the Wall Street mobsters, who pay for their election campaigns, to steal our nesteggs. If we complain to the SEC they do NOTHING. Occasionally, if...

Mafia business 'equal' to 9% of GDP in Italy

Despite severe crackdown by Italian government, Mafia still operates in a very big way the business affairs of Italy. A latest economic survey has indicated that Italians earns less but number of millionaires is growing fast. Italy's four main mafias have generated business...

Currency Mafia In State Bank Of Pakistan?

"You want to know how banks are being pressured by the government to dole out people’s savings to save stock brokers in KSE? Read this inside story. By FARAH PAKIWALA Monday, 10 November 2008. KARACHI, Pakistan—We appreciate FIA’s efforts against KKI and other...

Gangster Reveals Mexican Mafia Secrets

"  The life of a high-level mobster is a staple of books and Hollywood films. But most real-life gang leaders don't tell their stories. The code of silence runs deep; breaking that code can be fatal....

Eight million at risk of ID fraud after hackers hit hotel chain

The world's largest hotel chain has fallen victim to a hacker, amd as a result as many as eight million people's identity information could be at risk."Up to eight million people are at risk of ID fraud after a...

Italian army sent on to the streets

As a way to control street crime and giver citizen a better perception on security, Italian Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government sent the army across the country. The opposition cried it is a militarisation...

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