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# Florence

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Scotland make it four wins in-a-row with hard-fought victory against Italy
Franco Smith’s men will be gutted to have come up short of a win over the Scots in Florence.
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Nov 14th 2020, 2:53 PM
'A monumental disaster': Hurricane Florence death toll rises to 23 as major flooding continues
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of North and South Carolina.
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Sep 17th 2018, 8:34 PM
14 dead and 'catastrophic' flooding on the way as Florence continues to batter US states
About 740,000 homes and businesses remained without power in the Carolinas, and utilities said some could be out for weeks.
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Sep 16th 2018, 4:20 PM
Florence 'unloading epic amounts of rainfall' as it batters North Carolina
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper called Florence an “uninvited brute” that will linger for some days yet.
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Sep 15th 2018, 4:37 PM
Warning of 'life-threatening' rainfall as Hurricane Florence closes in on US east coast
The hurricane has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm from Category 3.
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Sep 13th 2018, 10:35 AM
'What a rush': Getting front and centre at the most dangerous sport event on Earth
Irish photographer Donal Moloney was the only non-Italian this year to capture the drama of the ancient Calcio Storico, ‘a mixture of soccer, rugby and attempted murder’.
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Aug 19th 2018, 7:30 PM
Theresa May proposes two year transition period after Britain leaves the EU
Prime Minister May said Britain wants to be a strong friend to the EU and it will not block reform.
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Sep 22nd 2017, 4:01 PM
Two US students accuse Italian police of rape in Florence
The woman said officers drove them to their apartment building and raped them.
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Sep 8th 2017, 10:49 PM
Largest asteroid in over a century flies by Earth
Scientists had planned to study the asteroid up close when it passes.
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Sep 1st 2017, 9:32 PM
DNA from condom and cigarette lead to arrest of Senegalese man over Ashely Olsen murder
The American artist was found strangled and with skull fractures in her Italian apartment.
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Jan 14th 2016, 12:16 PM
'Gentle, kind, beautiful' American woman found dead with bruised neck in Italian apartment
Ashley Olsen was well known among the artistic Florence community.
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Jan 10th 2016, 8:17 PM
15 cities you have to visit at least once, according to the experts
How many have you been to?
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Nov 1st 2015, 6:00 PM
Here's what the Electric Picnic main stage looked like after everyone went home
Kinda eerie.
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Sep 7th 2015, 10:43 AM
Someone has spotted Roy Keane in this 16th century painting in Florence
Is that real fur, Roy?
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Sep 4th 2015, 11:26 AM
Someone has spotted Roy Keane in this 16th century painting in Florence
Is that real fur, Roy?
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Sep 4th 2015, 11:05 AM
Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned in Italian high court
She and her ex-boyfriend Raffaelle Sollecito both had their convictions overturned.
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Mar 27th 2015, 10:10 PM
Here's what we know about Kim and Kanye's wedding so far
The couple tied the knot yesterday in a completely over-the-top ceremony in Florence, Italy.
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May 25th 2014, 2:23 PM
Italy is about to pick 'The Fonz' as its third successive unelected prime minister
Matteo Renzi, nicknamed ‘Fonzie’ for his leather-and-jeans dress sense, is expected to form a government in the coming day.
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Feb 17th 2014, 9:37 AM
This is what Michelangelo's weekly shop in 1518 looked like
Herring, salami and a fair amount of wine features on the ancient shopping list.
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Dec 29th 2013, 3:51 PM
Retrial of Amanda Knox and her former lover for Kercher murder begins today
But Knox herself is not returning to Italy, saying: “I was depicted as a young, unscrupulous liar. A sex fiend, a murderess. I’m not coming back.”
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Sep 30th 2013, 8:08 AM
Amanda Knox has 'no plans' to return to Italy for retrial
The United States does not normally extradite its citizens to face legal action.
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Mar 27th 2013, 8:33 AM
Gunman kills two in Italian market
The Italian president has condemned the racist attack, which saw two Senegalese people murdered, as a “blind explosion of hatred”.
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Dec 14th 2011, 9:43 AM
'Lost' Da Vinci fresco sparks row between art historians
A Da Vinci masterpiece is hoped to lie beneath a Florence mural but some art historians are outraged at the method being used to uncover it: drilling through the existing 16thC painting by Giorgio Vasari.
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Dec 7th 2011, 11:49 AM