Mushroom Hunting Kills 18 People in 10 Days
According to the latest reports of la Repubblica, Italian newspaper, in the recent weeks at least 18 people have been left dead by mushroom hunting as the blessed Italian mushroom season started earlier
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L' Aquila Italy Earthquake
L' Aquila, a walled Medieval town in Italy located 60 miles northeast of Rome, is shaken to the ground by an earthquake on 4/6/09. Buildings crumbled, killing 100 people and injuring approximately 1,500. Some Baroque and Renaissance buildings were severely damaged, including the town's cathedral....
Swiss Twins Missing After Father, Matthias Schepp, Commits Suicide
Officials from Italy, France, and Switzerland are searching for missing twin girls after their father Matthias Kaspar Schepp commits suicide. The six year old Swiss twins, named Alessia and Livia, went missing on January 30, 2011. Schepp's body was found near a railway station in Bari, Italy,...
Italy Closes Dolomite Passes to Cars and Motorcycles
The regional government in Italy's Trentino area, near the Austrian border, has closed high passes in the Dolomites to motor vehicle traffic. The action is part of an effort to reduce both air and noise pollution for the many day hikers, climbers and backpackers that frequent the region. Ironically,...
What Is Farro?
Farro was one of the first ever plants to be domesticated in the Middle East. This particular kind of wheat is a low yielding plant and because of this quality, it has been increasingly replaced in favor of other, more high yielding crops. Farro does remain as a relict species in some of the more...
10 Nazi War Criminals Brought to Justice in Exile
Having ordered the systematic murder of millions of people, Nazi Germany was responsible for some of the darkest days in human history. However, following the defeat of the Axis powers, justice was not instantaneous. In fact, many of those responsible for the atrocities of the Third Reich managed...
Bomb Explodes at Swiss Embassay in Rome
A package delivered to the mail room of the Swiss Embassay exploded on around 12:)) p.m. local time on Thursday. Officials report one man was injured as a result of the explosion. The embassy employee suffered serious wounds to his hands upon opening a parcel containing a bomb. Authorities...
10 Signs the World Has Gone Mad
Societies across the globe are facing the dire consequence that life as we know it is clambering to chaos. Worldwide infrastructures are crumbling, popular culture has become the baseline for values, and dysfunctional governments are now controlling the world. Here are 10 Signs The World Has Gone...
What Is Prosecco?
Prosecco is a term that is used to refer to specific kind of wine along with the type of grape that is used in making it. The Prosecco grape is chiefly grown around Veneto region in Italy. But it is also grown in other regions like Valdobbiadene and Conegliano in the northern part of Venice, which...
Sex Slave Industry Thrives in Odessa, Ukraine
The sex slave industry thrives in Odessa, Ukraine. Thousands of tourists brought by ship into the port of the Black Sea harbor carry tourists in and transport hundreds, if not thousands, of women from deprived economic and emotional states to Turkey, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates as...
