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1. Views of Teens - From Britain and Italy (McNeil-Lehrer Productions)
   Provides views of teens about the presidential election of 2000 in the United States and their own countries. Also describes elections in Britain and Italy. 11-00

2. Volcanoes - Mount Etna of Italy (Volcano World)
   Provides pictures and information on the active volcano. Visitors sometimes misspell as Aetena or Aetna. 7-01

3. -07-25-05 Italy Asks Interpol to Help Find Wanted CIA Agents (CBS News)
   "Italian prosecutors want to extradite 13 purported CIA officials accused of kidnapping a radical Muslim cleric and transporting him to Egypt where he reportedly was tortured, and they've asked Interpol to help track down the Americans, a court official said Tuesday." 7-05

4. -07-09-06 Italy Wins World Cup Title (ABC News)
   "The beautiful game turned vicious, even venomous Sunday. It was all still beautiful to Italy. The Azzurri outlasted France to win their fourth World Cup 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw marred by French captain Zinedine Zidane's ejection in the 110th minute of his farewell game for a nasty head butt to the chest of Marco Materazzi." 07-06

5. -03-03-07 Italy Wants the U.S. to Assume Responsibility for Shooting Death (ABC News)
   "Italy has raised the stakes in a spat with the United States over the killing by a U.S. soldier of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, saying Washington must set things right by assuming responsibility for the death." 03-07

6. -04-16-07 U.S. Soldier to Be Tried in Italy for Murder (BBC News)
   "A US soldier is due to be tried in a Rome court with the murder of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq in March 2005."
   
   "The agent, Nicola Calipari, was shot dead on his way to Baghdad airport."
   
   "He was escorting Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist who had just been freed by kidnappers." 04-07

7. -011-04-09 Italy Convicts 23 Americans for C.I.A. Renditions (New York Times)
   "In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, an Italian judge convicted a C.I.A. station chief and 22 other Americans accused of being C.I.A. agents of kidnapping in the 2003 abduction of a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan."
   
   "An enormous symbolic victory for Italian prosecutors, the case was the first ever to contest the United States practice of rendition, in which terrorism suspects are captured in one country and taken for questioning in another, presumably one more open to coercive interrogation techniques. The case was widely seen as an implicit indictment of the measures the Bush administration relied on to fight terrorism." 11-09

8. Italy

9. Italy (CountryReports.org)
   Provides a profile by topic, including Economy, Defense, Geography, Government, People, National Anthem, Lyrics and Related Links. Provides a map and a flag. 6-02

10. News from Italy (Ansa.it)
    Provides news in English. 02-06

11. Italy Profile (BBC News)
    "Take the art works of Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Tintoretto and Caravaggio, the operas of Verdi and Puccini, the cinema of Federico Fellini, add the architecture of Venice, Florence and Rome and you have just a fraction of Italy's treasures from over the centuries." 04-06

12. Italy Timeline (BBC News)
    Provides a timeline of key events, starting with 1915. 04-06

13. By Country Recipes (Sally's Place)
    Provides recipes from Austria, Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, and the United States. 3-01

14. Rulers by Country - G-I (Schulz)
    Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Iran, Israel, and Italy. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00

15. Brutus, Marcus (McNeil-Lehrer Productions)
    Provides views of teens about the presidential election in the United States and their own countries. Also describes elections in Britain and Italy. 11-00

16. Mountains of the World (Wenzel)
    Provides pictures and information on mountains that allow exploration by walking, including Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Ararat (Turkey), Mont Blanc (France), Ras Dashen (Ethiopia), Mount Kinabalu (Sabah), Mount Cameroon (Cameroon), Mount Fuji (Japan), Pico de Teide (Canary Islands, Spain), Mount Etna (Italy), Qornat es-Sawda (Lebanon), Musala (Bulgaria), Jabal Katrina (Egypt), Huayna Picchu (Peru), Pico (Azores, Portugal), Hekla (Iceland), Ben Nevis (Scotland), Snowdon (Wales), Scafell Pike (England), Bénara (Mayotte), and Christoffelberg (Curaçao). 7-01

17. Pope John Paul II (BBC News)
    "Marco Politi, one of Italy's best-known Vatican watchers, believes John Paul II will be remembered not only as a great pope, but also as a leading figure of the 20th Century."
    
    "Yet when he was elected in 1978, few outside Poland had heard of Karol Wojtyla, then the archbishop of Krakow."
    
    "The cardinals who chose him knew they could count on him to uphold traditional beliefs at a time when many Catholics were questioning the teachings of the Church." 10-03

18. 06-03-04 President Bush Meets With Pope (Bloomberg.com)
    "This is Bush's third visit with the pope as he tries to bolster support among U.S. Catholics before the November elections. Bush used the meeting to defend the U.S.-led invasion in Iraq, saying that there are times when war is necessary to achieve peace, an administration official said. Bush's arrival in Italy triggered anti-war protests and 10,000 Italian police and soldiers stood guard against terrorist attacks."
    
    "The pontiff, 84, who was too frail to get up to greet the president, in January called the war in Iraq a 'defeat for humanity.' He had urged the U.S. to seek a United Nations endorsement for any military action." 6-04

19. Poll: War Has Made the World More Dangerous, Not Less (CNN News)
    "About three-fourths or more of the people in Britain, France, Italy and Spain think the war in Iraq has increased the threat of terrorism. Even in the United States, the number who feel that way increased from more than a third in February to more than half now." 10-04

20. -01-12-05 Wealthy Nations Agree to Delay Debt Payments (CNN News)
    "Meanwhile, the world's wealthiest nations have agreed to a moratorium on debt repayment by Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the two countries hardest hit by last month's tsunamis." 
    
    "The Paris Club of 19 creditor nations, said it was willing to freeze payments until the end of 2005, depending on assessments from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which would monitor the countries to make sure that the money was being used for tsunami relief."
    
    "The Paris Club comprises Austria, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States."
    
    "Finance ministers from the wealthy G7 nations have already agreed to a debt freeze for all tsunami nations." 
    
    "As for more immediate needs, the United Nations says it has $717 million -- more than 70 percent of the $977 million it requested -- to use immediately for tsunami relief." 01-05

21. -03-04-05 Italian Journalist on Way to Freedom Wounded (BBC News)
    "Italy has closely followed the fate of Giuliana Sgrena since her capture a month ago." "Journalists at her newspaper, Il Manifesto, burst into cheers as the news that she was set free came through." "Then came the news that US troops had shot at Ms Sgrena's car, killing an Italian special agent. 'Someone must take the responsibility,' said Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi." 03-05

22. Pope John XXIII (The Vatican)
    "Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy, in the Diocese of Bergamo on 25 November 1881."
    
    "At the death of Pius XII he was elected Pope on 28 October 1958, taking the name John XXIII. His pontificate, which lasted less than five years, presented him to the entire world as an authentic image of the Good Shepherd. Meek and gentle, enterprising and courageous, simple and active, he carried out the Christian duties of the corporal and spiritual works of mercy: visiting the imprisoned and the sick, welcoming those of every nation and faith, bestowing on all his exquisite fatherly care."
    
    "He was sustained by a profound spirit of prayer. He launched an extensive renewal of the Church, while radiating the peace of one who always trusted in the Lord. Pope John XXIII died on the evening of 3 June 1963, in a spirit of profound trust in Jesus and of longing for his embrace." 4-05

23. -04-11-06 Mob Boss Captured (USA Today)
    "In the end, Italy's No. 1 fugitive and reputed Mafia 'boss of bosses' was done in not by an informer or a rival gangster, but by clean laundry." 04-06

24. -07-10-07 Pope: Other Denominations Not True Churches (Guardian Unlimited)
    "Protestant churches yesterday reacted with dismay to a new declaration approved by Pope Benedict XVI insisting they were mere 'ecclesial communities' and their ministers effectively phonies with no right to give communion."
    
    "The president of the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy, pastor Domenico Maselli, called it a 'huge step backwards in relations between the Roman Catholic church and other Christian communities'." 07-07

25. -06-09-09 Fiat Buys Chrysler (ABC News)
    "Italy's Fiat is the new owner of most of Chrysler's assets, closing a deal Wednesday that saves the troubled U.S. automaker from liquidation and places a new company in the hands of Fiat's CEO."
    
    " 'Work is already under way on developing new environmentally friendly, fuel-efficient, high-quality vehicles that we intend to become Chrysler's hallmark going forward,' the new company said in a statement." 06-09

26. -07-08-09 Chinese Government Still in Conflict With Citizens (Time.com)
    "Three days after ethnic clashes left 156 dead in the city of Urumqi, the Chinese government is still struggling to bring calm and order to the Xinjiang capital. On July 8, Communist Party leader Li Zhi announced that the government would seek the death penalty for anyone found responsible for the killings as President Hu Jintao flew home from Italy, cutting short his visit to the G-8 summit. While the city hasn't seen a return to fighting on the scale it witnessed on July 5, scattered outbursts are stoking fears that violence could erupt again, and tensions on all sides of the conflict are still high." 07-09

27. -07-09-09 G8 Summit to Tackle Food Supplies (BBC News)
    "Leaders of developed G8 nations are to unveil new efforts to boost food supplies to the hungry, during the final day of their summit in Italy."
    
    "They are expected to commit as much as $15bn (£9.2bn) to efforts to help poor nations develop their own agriculture."
    
    "On Thursday, the second day of talks, the summit focused on climate change."
    
    "Leaders from both developed and developing nations agreed that global temperatures should not rise more than 2C above 1900 levels."
    
    "That is the level above which, the UN says, the Earth's climate system would become dangerously unstable." 07-09

28. Europe - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
    Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, and Wales. 3-02

29. Pictures of Famous Places (PicturesofPlaces.com)
    Provides pictures of many of the tourist spots. 5-02

30. Vatican City

31. Awesome Library in Italian (WorldLingo.com)
    Provides online translations of the Web. 7-02
    

32. Euro Currency (CNN News)
    Discusses the short history of the standard of exchange in many European countries, the Euro Dollar. "Eleven member states -- Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland -- joined in an initial wave of single currency participants after satisfying a series of economic conditions decreed by the EU. Greece was waved in as the 12th member and joined the eurozone in January 2001."
    
    "European nations hoping to join the single currency must satisfy a number of strict economic conditions."
    
    "Countries must keep their government budget deficit below 3 percent of gross domestic product, maintain low inflation, and produce a domestic surplus. Public debt can account for no more than 60 percent of GDP." 10-02

33. Cows - Mad Cow Disease and New Variant CJD (Centers for Disease Control)
    Provides facts related to the spread of Mad Cow Disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). "New variant CJD (vCJD) is a rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder."
    
    "Although experience with this new disease is limited, evidence to date indicates that there has never been a case transmitted from person to person."
    
    "As of December 1, 2003, a total of 153 cases of vCJD had been reported in the world: 143 from the United Kingdom, six from France, and one each from Canada, Ireland, Italy, and the United States (note: the U.S. case was reported in a patient who lived in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States)."
    
    "Almost all the 153 vCJD patients had multiple-year exposures in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1996 during the occurrence of a large UK outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease) among cattle."
    
    "There has never been a case of vCJD that did not have a history of exposure within a country where this cattle disease, BSE, was occurring."
    
    "It is believed that the persons who have developed vCJD became infected through their consumption of cattle products contaminated with the agent of BSE. There is no known treatment of vCJD and it is invariably fatal." 12-03

34. -02-05-07 Village Provides a Medical Mystery (ABC News)
    "In the foothills of the Italian Alps is a tiny village that may hold a clue to a medical mystery that has challenged researchers for centuries. Despite indulging in an artery-clogging diet that could make even an Italian grandmother cringe, the 400 or so residents of tiny Stoccareddo, Italy, have virtually no heart disease or diabetes, and often live into their 90s." 02-07

35. History of High-Speed Rail (UCSD.edu)
    "Japan opened the world's first high-speed rail line, between Tokyo and Osaka, in time for the 1964 Olympics. Shinkansen, or bullet trains, now travel at speeds up to 185 miles per hour over some 1,500 miles of rail lines across the country. Italy is credited with Europe's first high-speed line, opening between between Rome and Florence in 1978; today trains also race through Spain, Germany, Belgium, Britain and France at speeds up to 150 miles per hour or more — making most Amtrak lines resemble a Disneyland monorail in comparison." 01-10