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LOS ANGELES TIMES. Because Nutella isn't just junk food with a European pedigree. It can be an obsession, a habit, even a cult. If you think this is foodie hyperbole, you're just not among the initiated. (Read the article by Amy Scattergood)
Businessweek. Criminal charges against four Google executives over an allegedly offensive video posting raise troubling questions about the liabilities of Web companies. (Read the article by Mark Scott)
TIMES ON LINE. Yesterday Italy hit back, delivering a blow in the broccoli wars that was sure to turn British growers green with envy. Politicians lined up to extol the virtues of the Italian greens with extravagant claims that broccoli could help you to lose weight and improve your life. Its very existence, they claimed, was proof that Italy was the world’s undisputed culinary superpower. (Read the article by Richard Owen)
GREEN PLANET.NET. Within the framework of the “BioBenessere” three-year project, the Italian association of organic producers Pro.B.E.R. is to promote the “great week of organic products” by organizing or attending three important events in USA, Russia and Japan with the aim of valorising Italian organic and typical products outside European borders. (Read the article)
Javno.com. Last Friday, doctor Umberto Chillo, the head of a transplantation team at the university hospital in Padova, decided that little David Krusvar can leave the hospital. This is a sign that mother Damjana and father Denis can finally relax. (Leave the article)
NASHIVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL. A new Olive Garden expected to create 165 jobs in Spring Hill will open Monday. The 7,539-square-foot, Tuscan-farmhouse-inspired restaurant is located at The Crossings, 1098 Crossings Circle. It seats 247 and is expected to attract diners from Maury and Williamson counties. (Read the article)
UPI.COM. Military Prosecutor General Fabrizio Fabretti said Wednesday the Italian Defense Ministry should intervene in the legal efforts to enforce European arrest warrants for the men, which have been issued without success so far, ANSA, the Italian news agency, reported. (Read the article)
Southbergenite. Before meeting Luke Rizzo, one might think of him as a typical guy from Carlstadt. He’s 27-years-old, Italian-American and he DJs. But after hearing the sounds he creates using a laptop computer and a pair of turntables, one would realize that "DJ" is a loose term. (Read the article by Corey Klein)
CINEMA BLEND. Now The First Man will become a movie, according to Variety, written and directed by Italian director Gianni Amelio. (Read the article)
REUTERS. China on Tuesday expressed its anger at an Italian award for exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and warned of unspecified consequences in relations. (Read the article)