<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : Italy : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[6.3 Earthquake strikes in central Italy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/104865/1/" /><id>104865</id><summary><![CDATA[6.3 Earthquake strikes in central Italy]]></summary><issued>2009-04-06T01:32:10+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-06T01:32:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the richter scale struck in central italy, about 50 miles from Rome. Updates on the link.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[World Most Amazing Car Fountain in Rome Italy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82332/1/" /><id>82332</id><summary><![CDATA[World Most Amazing Car Fountain in Rome Italy]]></summary><issued>2008-11-19T18:37:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-19T18:37:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This unusual fountain set up in Rome, Italy and is the work of Spanish artist Juan Galdeano who wanted to make a statement that would hopefully draw attention to the issue of global warming. The fountain was built to look like it&#8217;s sustaining a hatchback Seat Ibiza.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Italy circus 'slave' forced to swim with piranhas]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55701/1/" /><id>55701</id><summary><![CDATA[Italy circus 'slave' forced to swim with piranhas]]></summary><issued>2008-03-25T20:10:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-25T20:10:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Police have rescued two teenage Bulgarian sisters from a circus in southern Italy which forced one of them to swim with flesh-eating piranhas for the amusement of guests.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Student protests sweep Italy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/94261/1/" /><id>94261</id><summary><![CDATA[Student protests sweep Italy]]></summary><issued>2009-02-12T19:17:29+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-12T19:17:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[After months of nation-wide protests over a proposed education reform bill, university and high school students in Italy say they are committed to forcing the cabinet to back down. Personally I am happy to see there is still a country that was not completely successful in brainwashing their children into docile tuition fee payers.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Italy Aims to Send Spider-Bot Swarm to Moon]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/114116/1/" /><id>114116</id><summary><![CDATA[Italy Aims to Send Spider-Bot Swarm to Moon]]></summary><issued>2009-05-13T20:15:21+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-13T20:15:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[What began as a glimmer in the mind's eye for one robotics researcher has grown into a national endeavor for Team Italia, one of 17 groups competing for the Google Lunar X Prize]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Mafia 'sank ships of toxic waste' ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/133071/1/" /><id>133071</id><summary><![CDATA[Mafia 'sank ships of toxic waste' ]]></summary><issued>2009-09-16T13:36:52+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-16T13:36:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A shipwreck apparently containing toxic waste is being investigated by authorities in Italy amid claims that it was deliberately sunk by the mafia.<br/><br/>*video in link]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Breast enlargement most common graduation gift in Italy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26453/1/" /><id>26453</id><summary><![CDATA[Breast enlargement most common graduation gift in Italy]]></summary><issued>2007-07-06T15:36:56+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-06T15:36:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;It's a much more useful present than something like a car, which will break down after a few years. My new breasts will last a lifetime.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Convent closed after nuns in fist-fight]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37135/1/" /><id>37135</id><summary><![CDATA[Convent closed after nuns in fist-fight]]></summary><issued>2007-10-02T16:34:26+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-02T16:34:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A CONVENT in southern Italy is being shut down after Sisters Annamaria and Gianbattista, reportedly upset about their mother superior's authoritarian ways, scratched her in the face and threw her to the ground at Santa Clara convent near Bari.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Wedding bouquet tradition causes plane crash in Italy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/127586/1/" /><id>127586</id><summary><![CDATA[Wedding bouquet tradition causes plane crash in Italy]]></summary><issued>2009-07-13T10:29:52+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-13T10:29:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The centuries old tradition of the bride throwing the wedding bouquet to a group of single women turned into a tragedy after the happy couple hired a light plane in an effort to add some novelty to the custom.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Angry Italians on pasta strike]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34209/1/" /><id>34209</id><summary><![CDATA[Angry Italians on pasta strike]]></summary><issued>2007-09-02T23:31:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-02T23:31:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There will be no spaghetti, fettucine or penne in Italy when the country goes on its first ever pasta strike. Italians are giving up on their favourite food on September 13 because of a 30 per cent price increase in pasta.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Europeans vs. Italians]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/56160/1/" /><id>56160</id><summary><![CDATA[Europeans vs. Italians]]></summary><issued>2008-03-28T16:24:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-28T16:24:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This link given to me by an Italian.  Italy could be NYC in my eyes.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Anatomic Museum in Italy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/29939/1/" /><id>29939</id><summary><![CDATA[Anatomic Museum in Italy]]></summary><issued>2007-08-02T11:57:51+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-02T11:57:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Nervous are not allowed!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Milan to enforce teen drink ban]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/128392/1/" /><id>128392</id><summary><![CDATA[Milan to enforce teen drink ban]]></summary><issued>2009-07-20T01:32:24+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-20T01:32:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Sure, teenagers everywhere try to sneak in a beer or two. It&#8217;s practically a rite of passage, but the city of Milan, Italy is cracking down on teenage binge drinking because they have a bad problem of underage drinking.<br/><br/>How bad? Let&#8217;s put it this way: a third of 11-year-olds in the city have alcohol-related problems!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sheep replace lawnmowers, saving Turin some green]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/57400/1/" /><id>57400</id><summary><![CDATA[Sheep replace lawnmowers, saving Turin some green]]></summary><issued>2008-04-08T10:25:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-08T10:25:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[City officials in Turin, Italy expect to save about $48,000 this year by using a herd of sheep to trim municipal lawns instead of having gardeners mow the lawns.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by 'paranormal' eccentric]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/42267/1/" /><id>42267</id><summary><![CDATA[Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by 'paranormal' eccentric]]></summary><issued>2007-11-22T07:14:56+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-22T07:14:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque. But it is deep underground, buried into the ancient rock, that the region's greatest wonders are concealed.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Italy muzzled scientist who foresaw quake]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/105012/1/" /><id>105012</id><summary><![CDATA[Italy muzzled scientist who foresaw quake]]></summary><issued>2009-04-06T12:07:05+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-06T12:07:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Italian scientist predicted a major earthquake around L'Aquila weeks before disaster struck the city on Monday, killing dozens of people, but was reported to authorities for spreading panic among the population.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Italy says take off your tie to help the planet]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27713/1/" /><id>27713</id><summary><![CDATA[Italy says take off your tie to help the planet]]></summary><issued>2007-07-17T11:56:43+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-17T11:56:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Want to help fight global warming? Take off your tie, says the Italian health ministry.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Italy arrests a 'Fritzl' monster - Mongelli]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/102827/1/" /><id>102827</id><summary><![CDATA[Italy arrests a 'Fritzl' monster - Mongelli]]></summary><issued>2009-03-28T21:13:07+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-28T21:13:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Turin man, Michele Mongelli has been arrested under charges of imprisoning and raping his daughter for 25 years. Allegations are he also taught his son Giuseppe, now 41, to rape the woman and his own four children also. The daughter, now 34 escaped 15 years ago to complain of abuse but her claim was dismissed because she was considered &quot;disturbed&quot;. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5989020.ece" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">more</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Birthplace Of Roman Emperor Found In Italy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/130437/1/" /><id>130437</id><summary><![CDATA[Birthplace Of Roman Emperor Found In Italy]]></summary><issued>2009-08-11T09:19:20+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-11T09:19:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, they said Friday. The 2,000-year-old ruins were found about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Rome, near Cittareale, lead archaeologist Filippo Coarelli said.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Abortion pill approved in Italy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129561/1/" /><id>129561</id><summary><![CDATA[Abortion pill approved in Italy]]></summary><issued>2009-07-31T10:48:26+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-31T10:48:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Italy's drug regulation agency has approved the use of the abortion pill RU486, also known as mifepristone, prompting protests from the Vatican.]]></content></entry></items></xml>