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The 12-Year-Old Who Brought Down the Mafia

Sue Thomason | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
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Sue Thomason

On the surface, The Prince of Naples is a simple David and Goliath story of a boy who seeks revenge on a power much greater than he is (which is always exciting in itself) but on a deeper level it's a picture of inside the mind of a child forced by tragedy to grow up too fast.

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'I Ask Forgiveness For The Blood That Was Paid' Corleone Mayor Apologises To Mafia Victims

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 17.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Mario Puzo, Al Pacino, Corleone, Mafia, Salvatore Toto Riina, Palermo Sicily, UK News, The Godfather, Cosa Nostra, Leoluchina Savona, Giovanni Falcone, Don Corleone, Paolo Borsellino, Marlon Brando, Sicily, Italian Mafia, Robert De Niro, UK News

The mayor of a Sicilian town famous for its connections to the mafia has asked for forgiveness for the bloodshed committed by its godfathers. Mark...

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Travel Eye: Going Solo in Sicily

Karen Edwards | Posted 21.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Taormina, Food, Wine, Travel, Italy, Mount Etna, Sicily, Gastronomie, Travel Blogs, UK Lifestyle, UK Travel, UK Lifestyle News
Karen Edwards

As we've grown up, we've kissed goodbye to those days when the Internet-friendly 'singles holidays' appealed - and for some reason, getting hammered on a boat and pulling the hot boy with a shell necklace may no longer seem attractive.

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What Future for ELDR?

Jonathan Fryer | Posted 26.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Silvio Berlusconi, Graham Watson, Italia Dei Valori, Annemie Nuyts, Dora Bakoyannis, Guy Verhofstadt, Dublin, Leoluca Orlando, Fianna Fail, Palermo, Sicily, Eldr, Alde, UK Politics News
Jonathan Fryer

The invitation from Italia dei Valori to host the European Liberal Democrats (ELDR) Congress in Palermo, Sicily, this week was made long before anyone had any inkling that participants would be able to celebrate Italy's liberation from Silvio Berlusconi at the same time, but this certainly added to the gaiety of the event.

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