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Trial opens for US suspect in Italy slaying (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 1/16/2009
Trial opens for US suspect in Italy slaying (AP)
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AP - An American college student and her Italian former boyfriend went on trial Friday accused of sexually assaulting and murdering her roommate in a slaying that shocked Italy.
uk.reuters.com - 1/12/2009
Italian minister blasts Muslim protesters' prayers
— uk.reuters.com — "Enough with pro-Hamas marches now," said Riccardo De Corato. "Milan is not a province of Gaza and... has no intention of reluctantly instituting this type of 'Gaza Saturdays.'" Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition, which includes ... (more) Italian minister blasts Muslim protesters' prayers

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Then The Guy Who’s Got Religion Will Tell You If Your Sin’s Original
fablog.ehrensteinland.com - 1/18/2009
Then The Guy Who’s Got Religion Will Tell You If Your Sin’s Original
— fablog.ehrensteinland.com — This Just In! “One of the Vatican’s most secrecy shrouded tribunals, which handles confessions of sins so... grave only the pope can grant absolution, is giving the faithful a peek into its workings for the first time in its 830-year ... (more) Then The Guy Who’s Got Religion Will Tell You If ...

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Trial opens for US suspect in Italy slaying
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Knox in Perugia, a picturesque, medieval city 115 miles (185 kilometers) north of Rome. Knox, 21, wearing jeans and a gray, hooded sweat shirt, appeared relaxed as she was escorted into the crowded courtroom. She smiled and chatted with an interpreter and guards during breaks in the proceedings. Sollecito, 24, wearing beige trousers and a bright green sweater, looked tense and remained mostly quiet. The two were seated next to their lawyers and guarded by prison officers. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ital... "Sollecito has maintained he was in ...

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