Gondoliers strike in Venice
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Venice's more than 400 gondoliers, furious over a ban on overnight boating, stopped ferrying tourists around the lagoon city in protest on Saturday and briefly blocked the Grand Canal.
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An exhibition of art treasures which was almost prevented from going ahead opens in London.
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VENICE, Italy  - Security measures at   the Venice International Film Festival are tighter than ever,   though some officials said the greatest threat this year may   come from protesters rather than any kind of terrorist plot.
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Throwing rice at newly-weds will soon be banned in Venice as the city steps up its fight against pigeons soiling its squares and chipping away at monuments.
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Edinburgh art exhibition revals why Venetian Renaissance artists like Titian were all the rage in Scotland.
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Music fans injured as a storm hits a Venice musical festival, bringing down heavy stage equipment.
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ROME  - The fur was flying Tuesday   between the organizers of the venerable Venice Film Festival   and its fledgling counterpart in Rome.
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MILLIONS of workers across Italy were today due to take part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Train services across Italy are at a standstill as striking railway workers demand safety improvements.
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Police in Italy warn of the growth in the number of art works illegally being taken out of the country.
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Thieves steal two diamonds worth around 11.5m euros (Â£7.82m) from a jewellery trade show in Paris.
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Dozens of treasures from the Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations will go on display Friday in an exhibition featuring many of the ancient masterpieces recovered in Italy's campaign against illegal trafficking in antiquities.
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Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson are among the stars expected at the 61st Venice Film Festival this week.
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The 11-day Venice Film Festival winds up  on Saturday after a red carpet award ceremony on the glamorous  Lido beach front, with British entry "The Queen" and  Hollywood's "Bobby" favorites to take away the main prize.
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VENICE, Italy  - The Venice Film Festival dazzled  like never before this year with its string of Hollywood stars  and hot arthouse directors, but the festival's new chief may  find delays and embarrassing blunders are what people remember.
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Venice may not be sinking yet, but it is   certainly emptying -- that is, if you don't count the 18   million tourists who flock to the canal city every year.
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Florence, Renaissance city of art and history, is trying to clean up its streets by cracking down on squeegee men, saying they were causing "great danger" to drivers and pedestrians alike.