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Pentagon lays out federal response to Hurricane
The Pentagon laid out its response plan to Hurricane Michael that is currently battering the Florida Panhandle and moving towards Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Storm season brings new dread while towns rebuild
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500 years on, Renaissance master celebrated in home town
The compassionate eyes of St. Sebastian look out from the canvas.
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Preparations are underway in Florence for the wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Preparations were underway Friday (23 MAY) at the 16th-century Belvedere Fort in Florence where the wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will take place on Saturday.
Workers, using cranes and scaffolding, are putting up structures...
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New Just Cavalli collection unveiled in Milan
Italian designer Roberto Cavalli unveiled his new youth-aimed Just Cavalli collection at Milan Fashion Week Thursday (20 Feb.)
The fall/winter 2014-2015 line is inspired by the art of Florence, according to the designer.
"I photographed...
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ITALY: FLORENCE: AGREEMENT REACHED TO LIFT BAN ON BRITISH BEEF
English/Nat
Britain and its partners in the European Union have finally come to an agreement to end the three-month old beef war.
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) Kenneth Clarke said his country's policy of...
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PM Letta arrives at the presidential palace to tender his resignation after holding final cabinet meeting
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta officially submitted his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday, after he was sacked by his own party in a back-room mutiny.
Letta was received at the presidential palace late in the...
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Italy - Recipe For Beefsteak
Despite the Europe-wide scare about the safety of beef,
Florentines continue to eat with great gusto their famous
beefsteak, bistecca alla fiorentina.
It comes from the pale-coloured Chinanina cattle which dot the
fields of Tuscany. The...
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FRANCE: PARIS: BEEF FARMERS PROTEST USING A 'NOAHS ARK' BARGE
French/Nat
About 40 French farmers and breeders symbolically put five cows on a barge and sailed down the Seine Friday morning through the heart of Paris.
They say they're going broke because consumers don't have confidence in beef ...
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Renzi arrives at palace; is asked to try and form next government
Matteo Renzi was asked by Italy's president to try and form a new government on Monday, to replace the one he sacked through a power-grab within his own party.
The 39-year-old leader of the Democratic Party drove himself to his meeting...
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Frenchwoman jailed for kidnapping says she is very happy to be home
1. Wide of plane bringing back Florence Cassez
2. Close up of plane window
3. Florence Cassez walking along airbridge
4. Cassez walking down stairs with French foreign minister Laurent Fabius
5. Cassez being greeted by well-wishers
6....
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French president welcomes release of French journalist in Iraq
1. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jacques Chirac, French President
"Florence Aubenas and Hussein Hanoun have been freed. They are in good health and Florence is on the plane which is currently on its way to Paris. At the end of a long, painful...
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How the general strike is affecting Florence
1. Wide shot of Independence Square, in centre of city
2. Mid shot of banner showing Berlusconi next to Mussolini
3. Close up banner
4. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Marco, Protester
"We are marching for Article 18 which is a symbol for the...
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Update on progress of search for survivors on stricken ship
1. Wide of Franco Gabrielli, Head of Italian Civil Protection, entering news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Franco Gabrielli, Head of Italian Department of Civil Protection:
"Let's give you precise data, that is 12 people are dead,...
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Thousands protest US plans for possible attack on Iraq
1. Train arriving carrying protesters
2. Protesters getting off train
3. Anti-Bush placards
4. Various of protesters marching
5. Wide shot of Italian riot police walking
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Monica, protester
"We ask that the...
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Italy - EU Summit
European Union leaders on Friday (20/6) gathered in Florence,
Italy for the start of a two-day summit overshadowed by the crisis
created by "mad cow" disease and the ban on British beef exports.
WS Florence flags;
VS protest;
People with...
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Italy appeals court upholds murder conviction against Amanda Knox, sets 28.5-year sentence
1. Presiding judge Alessando Nencini entering courtroom
2. Wide of jury entering court room, zoom in
3. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Alessando Nencini, Presiding judge (++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON ZOOM IN AND INCLUDES WIDER SHOT++):
"On behalf of the...
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Napolitano gives Renzi mandate to form new government, analyst
Italy's president asked the brash young leader of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, to try to form a government on Monday after Renzi engineered the sacking of the previous premier in a power grab within their party.
Renzi, the...
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Former PM's album 'True Love' goes on sale
FILE: Milan - 2 May 2011
1. Wide of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in front of Milan's courthouse
2. Mid of Berlusconi greeting supporters
Rome - 22 November 2011
3. Wide exterior of Feltrinelli book and music shop in...