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The University of Notre Dame's new facility in Rome aims higher than an expansion of traditional study abroad. The new Global Gateway, in a renovated building a block from the Colosseum, will extend the University's reach into the heart of Catholicism and create space for worldwide cultural and intellectual exchange.   The University will bl...

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"Hey, is Michael in here?" the middle-aged security guard wearing a bright yellow shirt excitedly shouted as he burst into the trailer serving as a temporary press conference room. "Michael? Anyone in here Michael? Someone out there says you have a ticket for him."   The handful of people sitting in the trailer on the site of the Orlando Cit...

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Sarà presentato a Roma, presso la Domus Mariae, martedì 7 ottobre, alle 10 l'IX Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo 2014 della Fondazione Migrantes. Le conclusioni saranno affidate a Mario Giro, Sottosegretario agli Esteri con delega agli italiani nel mondo, mentre i lavori saranno moderati da Sergio Valzania, Vicedirettore Radio Rai.   Il Rapporto...

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E' stato presentato in anteprima a Villa Taverna, a Roma, residenza dell'ambasciata americana in Italia, il documentario "The Italian Americans" un viaggio in quattro puntate nella storia degli italo americani dal secolo scorso ad oggi.   Alla visione hanno partecipato, tra gli altri, il regista John Maggio, il produttore Jeff Bieber e l'aut...

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Le fotografie scattate tra il 1943 e il 1946 in Italia dai U.S. Signal Corps e quelle d'archivio dell'Istituto Luce, esposte al Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi fino a gennaio, documentano la fine della seconda guerra mondiale, il clima di festa e speranza non privo di sentimenti, ancora, di paura, smarrimento e contrasti.   Due diverse visioni...

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Nei suoi sette anni di vita, il piccolo Michele ha rischiato più volte di morire per shock anafilattico a causa di una grave forma allergica. Con i suoi genitori costretti a vigilare sulla composizione di qualsiasi cibo dovesse ingerire, attenti a verificare l'assenza di uova, nocciole, pesce, frutta. Perfino del latte, così importante per la cresc...

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As the citizens at Boys' and Girls' Towns get ready to head to school, we ask for your help. Unlike other kids, our young people do not have a mother or father to buy them a backpack, or pick up their favorite pen. They do not have a sibling's hand-me-down shirt or shoes.   We are raising $25,000 to ensure our kids are ready to enter school...

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The opportunity is not to be missed. Three times a week, Palazzo Farnese, seat of the French Embassy in Italy since 1911, and one of the most important and spectacular palaces in Rome, opens to the public.   Those wishing to visit the Palazzo must book online at http://inventerrome.com. Professional multilingual tourist guides - in French, I...

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Emperor Nero's golden palace, the walls of medieval Siena and the foundations of Venice will all receive sorely needed restoration funds after Italy approved a planto spend €300m ($325m/£220m) to protect its cultural heritage. Caring for thousands of years' worth of art and architecture is a perennial problem in Italy, and many sites have been...

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WTI Magazine #1    2013 Oct,18Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by: The Language Institute   The Borghese Gallery is a place of rare beauty, conceived and experienced as a large container of powerful art and politics. In 1606, Cardinal Scipione Borghese wanted it right from the start with the intention of having a huge display case in whi...

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