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Freed aid workers arrive at Italy base  Map of Naval Air Station Sigonella Southern Italy| Freed hostages Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted arrived at a U.S. base in Sicily Thursday, a day after being rescued in a U.S. military raid in Somalia | |
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| Sep.5 |
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'Pavarotti's heir' Licitra dies after crash Map of Catania Southern Italy Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra has died from head and chest injuries suffered in a road accident, crashing his scooter into a wall
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| Oct.3 |
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Death toll from mudslides now 21 Map of Messina Southern Italy| 30 people were still unaccounted for in the mudslides, which occurred after a heavy downpour hit two days ago | |
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| Jun.21 |
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Mafia man arrested in Venezuela Italian fugitive Salvatore Miceli, listed as one of the country's 30 most dangerous men, has been arrested in Venezuela
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| Mar.6 |
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Italy revives Sicily bridge plan Map of Messina Southern Italy Italy's government has revived plans to build a controversial Messina bridge linking the island of Sicily to the mainland
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| Dec.16 |
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Sicilian mafia 'decapitated' by raid Map of Palermo Southern Italy| Paramilitary police carried out massive arrests against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, 'decapitating' the organization's leadership structure | |
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| Dec.24 |
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Firm quits Sicily to spurn Mafia An Italian cement firm Italcementi is pulling out in protest at what it says is extortion
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| Nov.5 |
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Senior Mafia boss arrested| The police have arrested Salvatore Lo Piccolo, the reputed new boss of the Sicilian Mafia, who had been at large for 20 years | |
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| Apr.11 |
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'Top Mafia boss' caught Bernardo Provenzano, considered to be the head of the Sicilian Mafia, has been arrested
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| Aug.6 |
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 Many die in jet crash off Sicily A small Tunisian plane ATR 72 with 39 people aboard went down in the waters off Sicily
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| Oct.29 |
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Etna burns through forests| Boiling lava has swallowed swathes of Sicilian forest, but towns are not at risk of being engulfed | |
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| Sep.12 |
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Sicily police hold terror suspects With the help of U.S. investigators, 15 Pakistani with suspected ties to al Qaeda were arrested
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| Sep.6 |
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Sicily rocked by earthquake A strong 5.4 earthquake is leaving two people dead from heart attacks and three others injured
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| Jul.20 |
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Sicily train crash killed 8 The Venice-bound train, carrying nearly 200 passengers, derailed and hit a bridge as it approached a station
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| Aug.6 |
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Etna eruption visible from space A plume of smoke is visible from the space station Alpha
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| Aug.3 |
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Etna ash closes airport The shutdown of Sicily's Fontanarossa airport expected to last the entire weekend
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| Jul.28 |
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Volcanic ash closes Sicily's airport Flights at Fontanarossa airport have had to be cancelled because thick ash covering the airstrip
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| Jul.27 |
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New Etna cracks offer hope Workers are battling round-the-clock to prevent lava flow reaching tourist facilities
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| Jul.26 |
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Army battles Mt. Etna lava Army has been called in to help to fight the molten lava which cut across the path of 3 central pylons of ski lift
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| Jul.25 |
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Etna forces state of emergency Mount continues to spew molten lava thousands of feet into the air. In Catania international airport has been closed
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| Jul.21 |
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Lava crawls towards Etna village Thick rivers of lava has reached to within 3 miles of Nicolosi. Mud barricades is preparing
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Optimistic end to G7 session Finance leaders are optimistic for continued global growth despite troubles in the US and Japan
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