Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been paying his first visit to Italy, his country's former colonial ruler and now its biggest trading partner. As the BBC's David Willey reports, the image he leaves behind in Rome may not be quite what he would have wished. Imagine the scene. A thousand Italian women in high heels, wearing their smartest outfits, dressed to kill in expensive pant suits and creations of the crème de la crème of Milan fashion houses, gathered in a state of high excitement at Rome's new concert hall. Col Gaddafi has been telling Italians what to think for three...
Cleveland Museum's Rub to direct Philly Art Museum
Penn Live
Penn Live
6/29/2009, 6:00 a.m. EDT> The Associated Press (AP) PHILADELPHIA - A newspaper reports that the Philadelphia Museum of Art has chosen Cleveland Museum of Art chief executive Timothy Rub as its new leader....
House where PR militant killed could be museum
The News & Observer
The News & Observer
MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico -- A bullet-scarred farmhouse where the fugitive leader of a militant Puerto Rican nationalist group was killed in a shootout with FBI agents is a historical site deserving preservation, a mayor in...
From Raphael to Carracci. The Art of Papal Rome
Canada Newswire
Canada Newswire
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