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...ahead of his re-election bid this Sunday. During a morning presentation of his policy platform, the stout and smiling 48-year-old was sharing two-cheek kisses with almost every supporter who passed through campaign headquarters. Later, he arrived at the poorly-equipped Villa Sofia Hospital in northern Palermo to pledge four new outpatient beds for a multiple sclerosis treatment center. The 100 or so patients and family members assembled in the steamy third-floor corridor were a bit testy with the late-in-the-race promises, but Cuffaro cooled them down and eventually planted baci on the cheeks...
...abbey, explains that his hometown "lives in the shadow of the Alps, but it's more than just a mountain town." Throughout its history, he says, "it has always found ways to reinvent itself." Torino has lived many lives. Closer both in kilometers and character to Paris than Palermo, this northwestern Italian city traces its early prominence to its position on the trade routes over the Alps, astride the busy River Po. It blossomed during the 11th century rise of the House of Savoy, one of Europe's oldest royal bloodlines: today in the Palazzo Reale visitors can view...
...mind the houses in Roquebrune, France, and in Stromboli and Portofino, Italy?Dolce and Gabbana live what they consider an ?approachable? life. Gabbana, 43, still rides around his native Milan on a Vespa (albeit a leopard-print one). And Dolce, 47, who hails from a small town near Palermo, Sicily, still walks to work every day. One even gets the sense that they remain starstruck by the celebrities who wear their clothes?although they readily admit they have Madonna on speed dial...
...Swiss money launderers, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and the traditional secrecy of Swiss financial institutions. Her investigation of the Sicilian mafia led to a failed attempt on her life when in 1988, when a half-ton of explosive was discovered in the foundation of her home in Palermo, Italy. In 1999, Del Ponte was named chief prosecutor of the International War Crimes Tribunal. Her dual responsibilities in this role have been addressing allegations of genocide in Rwanda and in the Former Yugoslavia. In her speech last night, Del Ponte said ICTY has had “considerable success?...
...castle, above, is a must-see. But it's the downward views that truly give the hillside hamlet an otherworldly aura. Look south and you'll see Sicily's rugged interior; up north there's the San Vito lo Capo peninsula; to the east, there's the road to Palermo; and to the west, the Trapani coastline and the Egadi islands beyond. And if your binoculars are strong enough, you may even spot your favorite America's Cup team slicing through the Med's blue waters...