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Italy Convicts 23 Americans for C.I.A. Renditions
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ROME (Reuters) The European Court of Human Rights
ruled on Tuesday that crucifixes should be removed from...
Italian classrooms, prompting Vatican anger and sparking uproar in Italy , where such icons are embedded in the national psyche."The ruling of ...
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Italy, Vatican in uproar over court crucifix ruling
themoderatevoice.com - 20 days ago
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Judge Oscar Magi: Repercussions over his decision to
convict 23 CIA agents of kidnapping on Italian soil...
are already being felt. Italians today may be proud that their system of justice hasn’t spared intelligence agents of the world’s mightiest power, but the children of ...
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Now, Italy Must Gird for the Repercussions Over CIA ...
adnkronos.com - 22 days ago
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Rome, 6 Nov. (AKI) - Italy was susceptible
to terror attacks by allies of the Al-Qaeda network,...
the interior minister Roberto Maroni said on Friday. Maroni warned there were terror cells that identified with Al-Qaeda and they had "authorisation" to ...
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Qaeda allies 'may carry out attacks'
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Political Animal —
... . * Interesting : "In a landmark ruling, an Italian judge on Wednesday convicted a base chief for the Central Intelligence Agency and 22 other American C.I.A. operatives of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan in 2003." ...
Obama Administration “Disappointed” Italy Enforces Laws Against Kidnapping
Firedoglake —
... Yeah, I’m disappointed too about the “lack of respect.” I really hoped this Administration might have a modicum of respect for the rule of law, not to mention respect for other nations and their citizens. But apparently that’s too much change to expect.
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