A Guide To The Paintings Of Venice: Being An Historical And Critical Account Of All The Pictures In Venice (1895)
Danwei (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Lawrence L. Allen, who for seven years worked in turn as an executive with Hershey in China and then later Nestlé, is the author of Chocolate Fortunes , published by Amacom Books . The Preface of the book introduces chocolate in context: The battle for China’s chocolate market holds lessons for anyone doing, or about to do, business in this most dynamic of markets. There is no single...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
ITALY A dozen gondolas snaked down the Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral procession bemoaning Venice's approach to the dreaded status of living museum, with a population now below the symbolic threshold of 60,000.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Hundreds of people in Venice on Saturday staged a symbolic funeral procession to draw public attention to the problems experienced by the northeastern city, where the population recently fell below 60,000.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
VENICE, Italy - Historic Venice is approaching the dread status of living museum, with a population now below 60,000 - a largely symbolic threshold considered by some to signal...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
VENICE, Italy -- Historic Venice is approaching the dread status of living museum, with a population now below 60,000 - a largely symbolic threshold considered by some to signal the end of the city's viability.
Canadian Cynic (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Oh, dear ... just following orders isn't a defense anymore : Italian court finds CIA agents guilty of kidnapping terrorism suspect Twenty-three Americans were tonight convicted of kidnapping by an Italian court at the end of the first trial anywhere in the world involving the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" programme for abducting terrorist suspects. The former head of the CIA in Milan Robert...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
• Italian court convicts Robert Lady and 23 others in absentia • First prosecution for US abduction of suspects to torture states The former head of the CIA in Milan has been given an eight-year jail sentence for kidnapping at the end of the first trial anywhere in the world involving the agency's " extraordinary rendition " programme. Robert Lady was tried in his absence and convicted...
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
As was the case with its two predecessors -- The Electric Church ( Canada , USA , Europe ) and The Digital Plague ( Canada , USA , Europe ) -- this third Avery Cates novel is yet another noirish techno-thriller with a high body count set in a futuristic dystopian Earth. Once again, The Eternal Prison is an action-packed, balls-to-the-wall joyride. It's a pity that so few people appear to have discovered...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Porec, Croatia - Wine, olive oil, truffles and prosciutto are the weapons in a duel between the Croatian region of Istria, a heart-shaped peninsula in the Adriatic across from Venice, and Italy's tourist-mobbed Tuscany. We are aiming at artistically ...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
LONDON, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Sernova Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SVA) is pleased to provide a summary of results of islet transplantation studies related to its Cell Pouch System(TM) and Sertolin(TM) technologies presented at the joint conference of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association and the International Xenotransplantation Association held in Venice, Italy from October 12 - 16.
Bigthink - Site Features Feed (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
As if we needed it: More evidence that Asia’s leaving the US in the dust when it comes to the renewable energies and green tech we’ll need to survive tomorrow’s warmer world. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported recently that of the 20 countries with the world’s largest economies, South Korea and China have invested the greatest percentages of their stimulus...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Italy will come out of the global economic downturn stronger than before, European Central Bank (ECB)President Jean-Claude Trichet told a conference on Friday. Trichet praised Italy's efforts in handling the financial crisis considering the particular nature of its industrial framework. In a lecture at the University of Venice he said the country's economy was tackling "unprecedented changes"...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Venice - The political upheaval in Italy triggered by the lifting of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's immunity from court action would have no economic fallout for the nation, the Italian central bank chief said Thursday. Speaking at a press confer...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
LONDON, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Sernova Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SVA) is pleased to announce that the company has accepted an invitation to present scientific results from its islet transplantation studies using its Cell Pouch System(TM) at a joint conference of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association and the International Xenotransplantation Association to be held in Venice, Italy from...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has entered into a partnership with Italy's University of Venice to develop more talent in architecture using the local resources.
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