italy incidents

My deepest sympathies to Italy and Iran the families of the victims, and thanks to the rescuers I remember how the Iranian people reacted after 9/11/2001 and how Italy has stood with the USA as an friend in the past, sad to see so much hardship and suffering in the world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37341801

BBC linky Terrifying stuff. Don't stop at the first few photos ....

http://www.businessinsider.com/berlusconi-sentenced-to-4-years-in-jail-2012-10 I wonder if he'll ever do a single day.

Link to BBC story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20025626 The prosecution claimed that the scientists made a falsely reassuring statement. I understood that (accurately) predicting earthquakes was impossible. To me this sounds like the Italian judiciary acting to placate an unhappy...

Update on the Sarah Scazzi murder case, another Italian murder for which the prosecutors have proposed an unlikely motive, an unlikely scenario, and, apparently, a mountain of implausible evidence, too. The murder trial for Sabrina and her mother, Cosima, will begin on January 10. There's a...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44596501/ns/technology_and_science-science/ Italian scientists are being sued by the government because they didn't warn the public of an impending earthquake that killed 300+ in 2009. I didn't know that seismology had advanced so far that they could make accurate...

So it seems that Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minster, is getting investigated in a teenage prostitution ring. Why is it every time I hear the term 'dential hygienists' in conversation, it's about sex somehow? I didn't see this anywhere, but thought it would be a good discussion. Here is a...

From the WTF!? Department; Italian scientists who failed to predict L'Aquila earthquake may face manslaughter charges http://pda.physorg.com/earthquake-civilprotection-protectionagency_news196622867.html

According to some web-sites the Campi Flegrei area is supposedly one of the most dangerous volcanic areas in the world. We hear about the Yellowstone caldera fairly regularly but a recent National Geographic program is the first I've seen regarding Campi Flegrei. So the folks in Naples will...

OK, so I guess its better that a Hot Altar Boy contest, but is this really necessary? Has catholicism officially jumped the shark? Why the hell does The Church feel a need to change the perception of nuns as old and dour? I thought they were supposed to be virginal and wedded to Christ...