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Life University in Marietta is planning to develop a campus in Rome, Italy. The Marietta Daily Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1zzqbBQ) that Life's board of trustees last week voted to move forward with the plan.   Officials say the Rome campus would offer a Doctor of Chiropractic degree -- the same degree offered at the Georgia campus. &nb...

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di Camilla Mozzetti   Scorrono le immagini di Papa Clemente, il trionfo di Cesare, il corpo straziato di Pasolini. A spiegare quei volti e la storia che custodiscono, è l'artista che li ha creati: William Kentridge, arrivato quasi a sorpresa a Roma per presentare la sua opera - Trionfi e lamenti - che dal 21 aprile sarà visibile sui muraglio...

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Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy a non-profit that empowers war refugee, migrant, and at-risk youth living on the streets of Italy, is thrilled to announce that it raised over $600,000 at its 68th Annual Spring Ball on Thursday, April 11th, 2013 at The Pierre Hotel. The funds will be used for BGTI's innovative youth development program where young...

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Il Ministro degli Esteri Emma Bonino ha incontrato oggi alla Farnesina una delegazione della "National Italian American Foundation" (NIAF), guidata dal Chairman Joseph Del Raso. Al centro dei colloqui i legami con la comunità italo-americana e, più in generale, lo sviluppo di sempre più strette relazioni tra Italia e Stati Uniti nei settori della...

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Sostenere il processo di internazionalizzazione degli enti fieristici italiani associati AEFI. Questo l'obiettivo dell'accordo siglato oggi dall'Agenzia Ice e dall'associazione delle Esposizioni e Fiere Italiane, rappresentate dal Direttore Generale Roberto Luongo e dal Presidente Ettore Riello.   Per raggiungere tale obiettivo, l'accordo pr...

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by Maria Grazia Quieti   Dear friends and colleagues, I am pleased to announce that we have a new US-accredited MA in Food Studies at The American University of Rome starting in the fall of 2015. The M.A. has a duration of 15 months; it consists of 36 credits (30 for course work and 6 for the thesis).   The M.A. is intended for stude...

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A design of the Colosseum in the colors of the Italian flag has been chosen as the logo of Rome's bid for the 2024 Olympics. The logo was presented Monday at a ceremony in the Italian capital in front of 2,500 schoolchildren, as well as current and former Italian Olympic champions. The logo features the Colosseum fading into a running tra...

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Here are five Italy travel trends to keep in mind when booking your trip to Italy in 2014:1. The Pope Francis Effect: Rome is the place to be these days. Tourism was up 5% in the Eternal City in 2013 with a total of 12.6 million tourists visiting Rome in 2013. At least half of these visitors showed up to see the new Pope Francis and tourism offici...

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Italian art police on Wednesday made their biggest-ever single seizure of looted works, more than 5,000 archaeological finds including Ancient Greek statues, amphorae, vases and drinking cups.   The finest piece was a 6th-century BC Corinthian kylix with black figures showing the myth of Theseus, the hero who slew the minotaur. The haul was...

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by Frank Carlson There is something oddly attractive about a place slated to disappear, and at first glance, Civita di Bagnoregio is just that: a charming medieval town in central Italy that, thanks to its geology, has been slowly crumbling for thousands of years.   The Etruscans chose the site for its high ground in the 6th century B.C., b...

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