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		<title>Falcone and Borsellino &#8211; back in Palermo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two dates in modern Italian history that no one should forget: 23rd May 1992 and 19th July 1992. On these two days, two enormous bomb blasts shook Palermo, Sicily and Italy, sending tremors around the world: Giovanni Falcone, first, and then Paolo Borsellino, symbols of the fight against organised crime, had been murdered by the Mafia. Every year the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=170&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Infiorata in Noto, Sicily: 15.05.2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is never a bad time to visit the sublime baroque town of Noto! But if you did need an extra excuse, what could be better than the annual &#8220;Infiorata&#8221;, when the town&#8217;s main thoroughfares become carpeted with floral art&#8230;  The festival takes place annually over the third weekend of May (this year the 15th and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=147&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Palermo win place in the Europa League</title>
		<link>http://thinksicily.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/palermo-win-place-in-the-europa-league/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 18:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinksicily</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t to be. Palermo, despite beating Atalanta, were denied 4th place in Serie A by Sampdoria, who won at home against Napoli. The Champions League will have to wait, but Europe will feature in Palermo&#8217;s 2010-2011 season in the form of the Europa League. Undoubtedly there will be some mouth-watering fixtures and some eminent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=144&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Down to the last gasp&#8230; Palermo and Sampdoria battle to the end</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who will be cool enought to hold their nerve? Who will suffer from last day jitters? The prize is a qualifying place for the Champions League, and only one team can get it&#8230; After a nervy 1-1 draw between Palermo and Sampdoria on the penultimate day of the championship, we are no closer to knowing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=140&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beating AC Milan? It&#8217;s easy in Palermo!</title>
		<link>http://thinksicily.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/beating-ac-milan-its-easy-in-palermo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday 24th April: just 20 minutes into the match and the scoreboard read Palermo 2 &#8211;  AC Milan 0! The boys in pink&#8217;n'black were stroking the ball around making football look easy, even against a side with the talent of AC Milan. The final score, much to the delight of the packed stadium, was 3-1 to Palermo, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=135&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The top 3 romantic things to do in Sicily</title>
		<link>http://thinksicily.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/the-top-3-romantic-things-to-do-in-sicily/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The top 3 romantic things to do in Sicily If it&#8217;s romance you&#8217;re after, or a special honeymoon memory, then Sicily is a great place to visit. Italians are famous for being passionate, romantic people, but nowhere is the &#8220;love of love&#8221; more evident than in Sicily. Here are my top 3 tried and tested romantic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=126&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Palermo lose 4th place&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thinksicily.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/palermo-lose-4th-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not such a good weekend for I Rosanero, who could only muster a 2-2 draw away at Cagliari. It could have been worse, however, as the plucky Palermitans fought back from 2-0 down, finally drawing level in the dying minutes. Elsewhere, Sampdoria managed to beat AC Milan and moved 2 points ahead of Palermo into a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=123&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fever pitch in Palermo!</title>
		<link>http://thinksicily.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/fever-pitch-in-palermo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things are getting exciting here in Palermo as the rosanero hold on to their share of 4th place in Serie A.

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		<title>Palermo meets New Orleans in the Good Friday procession!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palermo meets New Orleans in the Good Friday procession! There was something uncannily New Orleandish about the Good Friday procession in Palermo. Massive bands, accompanying Jesus and the Madonna around the streets, moved with a synchronised side-to-side sway, blasting out simple funereal marches. First came the body of Christ carried by 24 shuffling, huffing-and-puffing local men. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=103&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Roman centurions in Palermo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roman centurions in Palermo? It must be Easter procession time!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinksicily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11668904&amp;post=93&amp;subd=thinksicily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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