A hostage taking unfolded at a TJ Maxx department store in Venice, Florida, yesterday night as the store was closing down for the day around 9 PM local time. Various sources report between six and nine people were taken hostage, mostly employees. The hostage taking lasted for...
Lebanon, an Israeli movie made based on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 won the Golden Lion award at the Venice film festival. The film was shot completely inside a battle tank to convey the...
A man posing as a 'reporter' strips almost naked (down to his underwear) and professes his love for George Clooney at a Venice Film Festival press conference yesterday, right after Clooney was asked if he could ever envisage marrying a man. It was then that he got his own...
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Elisabetta Canalis photos has become a hot trend on Google today because George Clooney's new girlfriend has been seen for the first time with him in public at the Venice Film Festival. Click for photos of Elisabetta Canalis with George Clooney. The 30-year-old Italian girl...
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez walked the red carpet of Venice's 66th annual film festival on Monday for the world premier of Oliver Stone's documentary "South Of The Border." Chavez was invited to the premiere because the documentary centers on Venezuelan President's...
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Italian officials have issued a series of heat alerts on Wednesday ahead of a heat wave expected to hit Italy this week. The cities on the highest level 3 alert -- Rome, Perugia, Latina, Milan, Bologna and Brescia. The cities of Bolzano, Venice, Florence, Civitavecchia and...
The 4-star Crowne Plaza Hotel near Venice made a pricing mistake on their website. The Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) decided to honor the price mistake, offering 1 euro for 2 nights at the luxurious 4-star hotel, which would normally cost $92 to $170. The mistake was...
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When we think of Venice the first thing that comes to mind is the Grand Canal or St. Marco's square. It is sometimes hard to imagine that ordinary people live there and go about their lives as we do everyday. The...
Greetings from Cyprus where the summer is in full swing and the weather is Habanero HOT! An Irish friend of mine visiting the area said that going outside here is like walking into a massive Hairdryer!Traditionally July marks the beginning of the PEAK TOURISM SEASON across...
We started our trip in Treviso and stayed at “Col Delle Rane” in Caetano, S. Marco (Treviso) Italy. Cajeran was the old name of the town and it means “Hole of Frogs” There once were two small ponds in...
Teramo In Abruzzo Italy A Communal City and Provincial Capital May 4, 2008 in Italian Destinations with 1 CommentTags: Abruzzo, Chieti, Gran Sasso, Pescara, Teramo . Teramo...
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" Many aspire to work in the culinary industry but simply cannot afford a gourmet education. For these low-income or unemployed individuals, free cooking classes like the ones offered in the Saint Joseph...
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Chefs throughout Italy are alarmed at growing pressure from the center-right Italian government to ban what they perceive as foreign influences in Italian cuisine; including ethnic ingredients and the creation...
As Venice readies for the Carnival next month, they now have something else to contend with; the possibility of more floods. One of the most famous architecural sites in the world is slowly slipping away beneath...
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