The Vatican Bank, also known as the Institute for Religious Works, has been charged with violating Italian law after attempting to transfer funds from one of its accounts in an Italian bank to two other banks, one of which is in Germany. Because of these allegations, an Italian court has frozen $30 million in Vatican funds (Rocca). Ten other banks are under investigation for having their fiscal residence in Italy but using the IOR as a shield to hide different dealings, such as tax or fraud evasion (The Straits Times). The investigation began after two suspicious transfers from an IOR accou...

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Malta is often overlooked by those pesky tourists in exchange for places like Spain or Italy. ... Malta in itself is more commonly related to as a large open air museum containing the remains of 7,000 years of history. Its culture is mainly made up of old Italian habits, brought to them by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem, thereafter known as the Knights of Malta. ... Traditional Maltese dishes are a combination of Italian, Arabic, Spanish and French cuisine which each by themselves is renown and is what makes Maltese food one of the mostly appreciated. ...

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Alistair Cooke created and produced America: The Huddled Masses in 1973 with a purpose, to convey a "personal history" explaining the purpose of the many voyages by Europeans to the land of America. ... With the pope in Italy declaring war, frequent arrests and executions in Austria and uprisings in Sicily against the King of Naples the quality of life in Europe could not worsen for the common European. ...

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A long history of belligerent actions, territorial disputes and treaty breechings helped apply the balkanization label. ... While Germany, Austria and Italy were pro Slovenian and Croat self-determination, France and UK were pro-unity. ...

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One can easy make a conclusion that through the course of their history, Brits have formed a very singular feeling of nationality, which includes being British and not feeling European in the first place, but being British as a pinnacle of their belonging. ... The very beginning of the British history was not so promising. It all has started from the Roman conquests when Celtic and Gaelic tribes had to fight with Italian conquerors for more than 400 years, and then went on with an invasion of Germanic tribes, which started them off the wrong foot with Scandinavian people. ... When it comes to...

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Nathaniel Schraeder Group #4 Period 4 Mr.Scarpinato 10/27/2003 Immigration Immigration is the voluntary movement of people from one country to another, usually with the aim of permanent settlement in the adopted country. If the people who are fleeing their country because of an immediate ...

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Shiseido inked a deal with Italian opera house La Scala back in 2011 that made them the official makeup brand of the house for 3 years. ... The recent acquisition of American cosmetics company Bare Escentuals is the largest in the company's history. ...

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