PALERMO, Italy — Although two-thirds of Sicily's vineyard acreage is devoted to white grapes, the red wines are getting most of the attention. And much of the interest in Sicilian reds is focused on nero d'avola.

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An earthquake devastated the Sicilian village of Salemi in 1968, killing 200 people and reducing thousands of buildings to rubble. Down the hill, a faceless modern city sprung up in the village's place, but the historical center has been a ghost town ever since.

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The wreck of a Greek boat dating from 500 BC has been brought back up to the surface off the coast of southern Sicily, the Italian news agency ANSA said.

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Another case of life imitating art...

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A storm approaching Italy.

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Torbin and Travis take the wild adventure to Sicily to film Alex Caldiero in his homeish haunts.

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Etna has begun to erupt again

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I'm very honored to present you: EUGENIO BENNATO one of builders of "Nuova Compagnia Canto popolare" (New Chant Popular Club) founded in '69. That group was been very important for all Italian Music Culture. Just to that moment the traditiona

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Sicilian Mafia but were afraid to ask is the subject of a new book written especially for tourists that has hit the shelves in Italy this week.

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Wine produced in hills once tainted by Mafia ownership will hold a place of honour at Italy's most prestigious wine festival this month. Vinitaly will showcase Centopassi, the first-ever series of wines made entirely from grapes grown on lands seized from Mafia bosses.

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Editor's Note: In an interview with the London Sunday Times, [Former FBI Turkish-language translator Sibel] Edmonds said the Turks and Israelis planted "moles" in military and academic institutions to glean nuclear secrets that were eventually sold to Pakistan – and that  …

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Italian police burst into the room of a suspected Mafia mobster in Sicily and arrested him as he watched a television show about the arrest of a Mafia boss, investigators said.

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When Italian police recently arrested Salvatore Lo Piccolo, the suspected head of the Sicilian Mafia, they also found a list of ten commandments that served as a guide for the behavior of Mafia members.

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ROME  —  Thou shalt be faithful to the Mafia. Italian police said Thursday they have found a list of 10 commandments for mobsters in a house near Palermo, where a top Mafia boss was arrested this week.

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ROME - Thou shalt be faithful to the Mafia. Italian police said Thursday they have found a list of 10 commandments for mobsters in a house near Palermo, where a top Mafia boss was arrested this week.

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The Mafia's top Godfather was arrested by police today as he held a summit meeting in the garage of his hideaway. In scenes straight out of the mob series The Sopranos capo Salvatore Lo Piccolo, 65, and his son Sandro, 32, were held along with two others.

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The Mafia is now the biggest business in Italy, with organised crime netting Mob bosses more than £63bn a year, or 7 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, from drugs, extortion and prostitution.And you thought that crime didn't pay...

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The Sicilian Mafia, the Cosa Nostra, is facing a revolt by local businessmen who refuse to pay protection money. Until now almost every business in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, has paid off the Mafia or faced retribution.

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A good travel guide by real people that share their experience on New York travel times

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What a traveler wants...in a single post

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A new way to live the Italy's volcanoes

This is a trip report about a trekking tour around the oriental attractions of the Sicily island the Etna and the Stromboli volcanoes. These are two of the most active volcanoes of the World.

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webcam, picture and video of the eruption of etna and stromboli 2007

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As the Italian Cabinet prepares to announce tough new "British style" security measures at football stadiums today, police in Catania arrested four teenagers in connection with last Friday's riots in which a police officer was killed.

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Italian football was facing up to a new crisis today after all football was suspended indefinitely after a police officer was killed during serious trouble at Friday night's Sicilian derby between Catania and Palermo. According to reports, 38-year-old Filippo Raciti was struck i …

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Catanzaro, October 26 - Southern Italy was rocked by a major seaquake on Thursday but the offshore location of the quake prevented any injuries or damage .

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