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Paolo Verri on Italy's 150th birthday: 21.10.2009
The 150th anniversary of Italy achieving its unity as a nation will be celebrated in 2011. The centre of celebrations will be Turin, the first Italian Capital. Tony Palumbo has discussed the planned celebrations with the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Paolo Verri, who is planning a trip to Oceania to publicize his plans for the event in this part of the world.
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Alberto Baldin's "La Scheda" - Salvo D'Acquisto: 14.10.2009
September 1943, WW2, The scene is set in Rome countryside (Torre di Palidoro). Salvo, 22 years old, low-ranked in Carabinieri corps, confessed a crime never committed. He was executed. His heroic act saved the lives of 22 peasants herded by the Germans for the reprisal. Salvo's brother, Alessandro, gives his contribution to the story through his memories.
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IMMUNITY LAW SCRAPPED: 9.10.2009
The Constitutional Court has scrapped the immunity law, also known in Italy as ‘Lodo Alfano’. The court’s decision overturns a law granting premier Berlusconi, president Napolitano and the presidents of both parliamentary chambers Schifano and Fini, immunity from prosecution while in office. Berlusconi’s lawyer and People of Freedom MP Gaetano Pecorella speaks with Luisa Perugini a few hours before the final decision.
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MP Sbai comments on honor killing in Italy: 7.10.2009
A Moroccan man stabbed his 18-year-old daughter to death for falling in love with an Italian man, in a small northern Italian town. Luisa Perugini asks People of Freedom (PDL) MP Souad Sbai, of Moroccan origin, to comment on the murder.
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Democratic Party primary election: 7.10.2009
In light of the upcoming primary election, representatives of all Democratic Party branches from all over Australia and the Opposition Senator Nino Randazzo met up in Sydney to discuss what candidates deserve to be supported. Luisa Perugini reports on the conclusive meeting held in Leichhardt.
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: 30.9.2009
The vice-president of the Italian Senate Domenico Nania speaks to Luisa Perugini about the truce between Premier Silvio Berlusconi and National Alliance leader Gianfranco Fini and many other current hot topics in Italy.
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NANIA: FINI SHOULD BE MORE CAUTIOUS: 9.9.2009
Italy’s house speaker Gianfranco Fini is playing a controversial role in the Italian political arena. Vice-President of the Senate and National Alliance party member Domenico Nania explains to Luisa Perugini why Fini should deal with sensitive topics more cautiously.
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Sen.Li Gotti on current Italian political conflicts: 9.9.2009
Italy, as usual, is facing big political conflicts. Italy of Values party Senator Luigi Li Gotti expresses to Luisa Perugini his concern over the current political situation in the country.
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Undersecretary Stefania Craxi: 11.8.2009
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Stefania Craxi was recently in Australia for a series aof high-level talks with Australian government officials and to visit the Italian Community. Marco Lucchi caught up with her.
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Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini turns 100: 22.4.2009
Born in Turin on April 22nd 1909, Italian scientist and Senator-for-Life Rita Levi Montalcini is 100 years old today. One of the most respected scientists in her field, in 1986 she received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of Nerve Growth Factor. Marco Lucchi talked about her life history with University of Rome lecturer, Elio Limentani, who curated a biography of this Italian icon when she was presented with the honorary citizenship of Rome's Jewish Community.
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