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Vatican says it has caught person who leaked documents
Kansas City Star
By PETER MAYER VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican said Friday that its police is holding a suspect in connection with the "illegal" possession of classified documents. "This person is at the disposal of the Vatican magistrates for ulterior clarification," ...

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Berlusconi hints he may run for Italian presidency
Sacramento Bee
By PETER MAYER ROME -- Silvio Berlusconi on Friday unveiled a proposal to boost the executive powers of Italy's president, hinting he may run for the position himself. Berlusconi, who stepped down as prime minister in November amid a series of scandals ...

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Publishing in Russia 2012: Peter Mayer on Publishing and Promoting Russian Works
Publishers Weekly
By Teri Tan When it comes to publishing Russian translations, no one has done it longer—or more successfully—than Peter Mayer. During his tenure as chairman and CEO of Penguin, from 1978 to 1997, the publishing house launched a series of Russian ...
Nurturing the Russian writersRussia Beyond The Headlines

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Songwriter Peter Mayer to perform at The Englert Theatre
Iowa City Press Citizen
Songwriter Peter Mayer to perform at 8 pm today at The Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St. Mayer writes songs for a small planet, songs about interconnectedness and the human journey; about the beauty and the mystery of the world.


 
Lethal bombing triggers student protests around Italy
Sacramento Bee
By PETER MAYER AND SABINE DOBEL ROME -- Italians demonstrated in towns around the country late Saturday in outrage over the death of a 16-year-old girl from a school bombing in Brindisi that provoked fears of another round of mafia warfare.

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European Markets Dip on Downgrade of Spanish Banks
LoanSafe
Rome (Source: Peter Mayer and Sinikka Tarvainen dpa, Hamburg, Germany (MCT)) – European stocks opened Friday at some their lowest levels in months after ratings agency Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks, but regained some of their losses as trading on ...

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Independent Online
Funeral for girl killed in school bombing
Independent Online
By Peter Mayer AP Massimo Bassi, the father of Melissa, the 16-year-old student killed by the bomb blast outside a high school, attends a mass in Mesagne, near Brindisi, Italy. Relatives and friends of the 16-year-old Italian girl killed in a bomb ...

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