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A giant white truffle weighing 1.5 kilograms went off in a bid to the Macau casino mogul and billionaire Stanley Ho for an astounding $330,000 at an auction on Saturday, who outbid personalities of Damien Hirst and Sheik Mansoor Bin Zayed al Nahyan...
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A U.N.-backed movie on poverty made of eight segments by directors including Jane Campion and Wim Wenders will make its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival later...
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The Beijing bishop appointed by China’s state-controlled Catholic Church said in an interview Wednesday that he hopes Pope Benedict XVI will visit his country and...
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One of Italy’s most-wanted criminals was extradited from Canada on Wednesday and locked in an Italian high-security prison, the Justice Ministry said.
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“All citizens have the same social dignity and they are equal before law, without sex, race, language, religion discrimination and also, the political opinions,...
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Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida’s southwest coast early Tuesday, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but nothing like the destruction last seen in...
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Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida’s southwest coast early Tuesday after residents with memories of a killer hurricane in 2004 took the precaution of...
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Tropical Storm Fay rumbled toward Florida’s southwest coast on Tuesday as residents with memories of a killer hurricane in 2004 took the precaution of shutting...
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Brazil has defeated Italy in three sets in women’s volleyball to finish undefeated in the preliminary round and in first place in its pool for the quarterfinals.
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Belgium is within one victory of its first Olympic soccer medal since 1920 following a 3-2 win over Italy.
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An Italian judge has ordered the country’s Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site, as part of a probe into...
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Euro-zone growth braked sharply in the second quarter as major economies Germany, France and Italy shrank, EU statistics showed Thursday, with high fuel and food prices...
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Andrea Minguzzi of Italy was the surprise winner of the Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling 84-kilogram gold medal, defeating Zoltan Fodor of Hungary.
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Cameroon held Italy to a 0-0 draw Wednesday despite playing the final 58 minutes with 10 men, a result that sent the Africans to the quarterfinals of the men’s...
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Federica Pellegrini of Italy has won the 200-meter freestyle at the Beijing Olympics, lowering her own world record set a day earlier.
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A U.N. agency rolled out a $214 million program Tuesday to help 16 needy places hit hard by high prices for food and oil, amid a crisis already making it hard for aid...
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The U.N. will provide $214 million in food assistance to 16 impoverished areas to help ease the effects of high food and oil prices, its food agency said Tuesday.
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The U.S. men’s volleyball team, playing with energy and determination after the tragedy that shook them, defeated Italy 3-1 on Tuesday.
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Maria Valentina Vezzali of Italy won the gold medal in women’s foil Monday, her third straight Olympic gold in the event.
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Philippe Daniel opens a slim briefcase so buyers can glimpse his wares, then snaps it shut with a wary glance over his shoulder.Daniel is not dealing in contraband but...
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A Macau casino mogul bid a record $330,00 at auction Saturday to win a giant white truffle dug up in Tuscany, organizers said.Billionaire Stanley Ho made the winning...
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A white truffle weighing more than three pounds, dug up in Tuscany by a truffle-sniffing dog, will be auctioned this week in Florence for charity.Truffle hunter...
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The 40-seat, 10-course gourmet dinner organized by the Lebua luxury hotel, Bangkok, cooked by six three-star Michelin chefs _ four from France and one each from Germany...
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A recent auction on the eBay is going to stun you, where Tom Bridge from Newburgh, Lancashire is going to put up his renovated cheese toast, costing £345 a slice...
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A renovation of a classic snack can cost you a mint...even if it is a classic cheese toast, costing £345 a slice. The cheese toast is recreated by Tom Bridge from...
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In Oregon’s first truffle festival about three dozen truffle hunters hunted for the most prized truffles without dogs and pigs. The truffles were hunted following...
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Truffles are expensive, no doubts about that. But people bid like crazy for this exotic mound of fungus. Two months back on the 13th of November, truffles were sold for...
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Our friend Esther at foodmall reports of this most expensive truffle in the world. The white truffle can’t be cultivated, infact, the white truffle is a fungus...
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The history of truffle reveals that trees were imbrued with the truffle fungus in the hope of creating a local truffle industry. I must say with the discovery of a...
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