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The Sicilian town where the Covid vaccination rate hit 104%

 

An ‘extraordinary’ campaign is credited for Palazzo Adriano’s stellar uptake – even if topping 100% is a statistical quirk

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palazzo Adriano
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‘I feel inspired here’: refugees find business success in Naples

 

From designing homewares to recording music, many who fled to Europe are building independent lives against the odds

 

Angela Giuffrida in Naples
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Egyptian researcher’s mother ‘jumping for joy’ after court orders release

 

Patrick Zaki was detained last year and still faces charges of ‘spreading false news’

 

Agence France-Presse in Cairo
Tue 7 Dec 2021 14.12 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Berlusconi ‘fired up’ for Italian presidency bid – but faces obstacles

 

Controversial former prime minister’s divisive personality could make it hard to muster broad support

 

Reuters
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Lina Wertmüller: a thrilling live-wire who displayed a colossal black-comic daring

 

The director was a film-maker with mordant and subversive things to say about the postwar Italian soul, particularly in Seven Beauties

 

Thu 9 Dec 2021 16.08 GMT

Peter Bradshaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/09/lina-wertmuller-a-thrilling-live-wire-who-displayed-a-colossal-black-comic-daring

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No ho ho: Italian church apologises over bishop’s claim about Santa Claus

 

Antonio Stagliano was trying to focus on the story of Saint Nicholas when he told children Santa did not exist, says church in Sicily

 

Associated Press
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From the archive: Who murdered Giulio Regeni? – podcast

 

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2016: When the battered body of a Cambridge PhD student was found outside Cairo, Egyptian police claimed he had been hit by a car. Then they said he was the victim of a robbery. Then they blamed a conspiracy against Egypt. But in a digital age, it’s harder than ever to get away with murder

 

Written by Alexander Stille, read by Lucy Scott, produced by Simon Barnard with additions from Esther Opoku-Gyeni

Wed 8 Dec 2021 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/dec/08/from-the-archive-who-murdered-giulio-re

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Sicily apartment block explosion leaves at least four dead

 

Firefighters say the blast in the southern town of Ravanusa was probably caused by a gas leak

 

Agence France-Presse in Rome
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Maps of Renaissance Tuscany on show for first time in 20 years

 

First large-scale representations of region are back on display at Uffizi Galleries in Florence

 

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The Economist crowns Draghi, Italy country of the year

But warns against 'U-turn' if PM elected president

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Italians fear return of instability if Mario Draghi quits to become president

 

Silvio Berlusconi is among those waiting in the wings if the prime minister decides to leave the stage and forces an early election

 

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Assunta Maresca, first female boss in Camorra mafia, dies aged 86

 

Maresca, known as Pupetta, or ‘Little Doll’, found fame when she shot dead her husband’s killer in Naples at the age of 18

 

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