Sicilian prefers prison to house arrest with wife
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PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) – A Sicilian builder transferred from prison to house arrest tried to get himself locked up again to escape arguments with his wife at home, Italian media reported Thursday. ... Police charged him with violating the conditions of his sentence and made him go home and patch things up with his wife.
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:58:39 AM
'First' Sicilian Woman Gets Face (14,000 YO)
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'First' Sicilian woman gets faceShe lived 14, 000 yrs ago in a cave near Messina PALERMO (ANSA) - The face of a late Stone Age woman who lived in Sicily has been reconstructed by a sculptor working with anthropologists at Palermo University. The skeleton of the woman, who lived 14,000 years ago, was discovered in a cave near Messina in 1937, along with the incomplete skeletons of six other humans, presumably her family. The face was reproduced using reconstruction techniques that calculate the appearance of features from the form of the cranium. The same techniques have been used recently to...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:58:39 AM
Sicilian Blazes Put Science to the Test
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CANNETO DI CARONIA, Sicily (Reuters) - The gate at the entrance to this tiny Sicilian village has come off its hinges and swings in the wind as cats wander into homes abandoned after a series of mystery fires. Reuters Photo A series of spontaneous fires started in mid-January in the town of Canneto di Caronia in about 20 houses. After a brief respite last month, the almost daily fires have flared up again -- even though electricity to the village was cut off. An endless flow of scientists, engineers, police and even a few self-styled "ghostbusters" have descended on...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:58:39 AM
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