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November 23, 06:21pm EST Photo
Rolling Stone Italy names Berlusconi 2009 rock star 

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian edition of Rolling Stone has named Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi its "rock star of the year," paying tribute to his "lifestyle worthy of the greatest rock star."  Full Article 

November 23, 03:10pm EST
Rolling Stone Italy names Berlusconi 2009 rock star 

ROME, Nov 23 (Reuters Life!) - The Italian edition of Rolling Stone has named Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi its "rock star of the year", paying tribute to his "lifestyle worthy of the greatest rock star".  Full Article 

November 21, 03:13pm EST Photo
Pope tells artists beauty can be a path to God 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."  Full Article 

November 17, 03:16pm EST
INTERVIEW-US looking to buy food aid in poor nations 

* US looking to procure more food aid locally * US backs World Bank to distribute agriculture funds By Daniel Flynn ROME, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The United States is looking to procure more food aid locally to increase farming capacity in the developing ...  Full Article 

November 14, 11:13am EST
INTERVIEW-WFP asks billion people for 1 euro to beat hunger 

* WFP launches Internet appeal to beat funding shortfall * Record 1 billion people face hunger * Ask 1 billion in rich nations for 1 euro each (Adds details paragraphs 11-18) By Daniel Flynn ROME, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The World Food Programme, facing ...  Full Article 

November 14, 11:16am EST Photo
WFP asks billion people for 1 euro to beat hunger 

ROME (Reuters) - The World Food Programme, facing a major funding shortfall as donor governments are hit by the financial crisis, is appealing directly to one billion individuals to give small amounts of cash to beat hunger.  Full Article 

November 14, 08:21am EST
INTERVIEW-WFP asks billion people for 1 euro to beat hunger 

* WFP launches Internet appeal to beat funding shortfall * Record 1 billion people face hunger By Daniel Flynn ROME, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The World Food Programme, facing a major funding shortfall as donor governments are hit by the financial crisis, is ...  Full Article 

November 12, 08:30am EST
ECB's Tumpel-Gugerell says economy past worst 

ROME, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The worst of the global recession is behind us, European Central Bank Executive Board member Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell said on Thursday.  Full Article 

November 09, 04:36pm EST
INTERVIEW-Conditions in place for new food crisis, FAO warns 

* Conditions still in place for fresh food crisis * Developing countries unable to boost food output By Daniel Flynn ROME, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Poor nations battered by record food prices last year need international help to raise agricultural output given ...  Full Article 

November 05, 06:57am EST
Italy convicts former CIA agents in rendition trial 

MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government.  Full Article