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The walking robot set to help elderly people live an autonomous life

How can we help elderly people find their way around places which are new and completely unknown to them? At the Science Museum in Trento, northern

24/04/2015

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Do you know: what's a robotic walker?

24/04/2015

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How the EU has struggled to cope with Mediterranean migrant influx

In October 2013, images of 111 coffins, four containing children, shocked the world. They were lined up in a shed on the Italian island of Lampedusa

23/04/2015

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Italy: Naval vessel brings hundreds of migrants ashore

23/04/2015

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EU leaders meet to address migrant crisis

EU leaders meeting on Thursday over the migrant crisis are expected to agree to expand search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean

23/04/2015

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Amnesty says EU "negligent" in migrant tragedy

Amnesty International blames the crisis on the end of Italy's Mare Nostrum search and rescue operation is to blame for dramatic increase in number of migrant deaths.

22/04/2015

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Hundreds of migrants dock in Sicily; a further 115 rescued off Libyan coast

Is there a correlation between a decrease in funding and an increase in migrant deaths in the Mediterranean? Italy calls on Europe for action.

22/04/2015

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Fleeing migrants need long-term solution from EU: Renzi

The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

22/04/2015

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Fears that 30,000 migrants could die crossing Mediterranean in 2015

A dire warning has been issued as survivors of Sunday’s shipwreck arrived in Sicily, after a disaster that left up to 900 people dead. It is feared

21/04/2015

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Captain of migrant boat arrested on suspicion of multiple homicide

Italian authorities say the captain of a migrant boat and his deputy have been arrested. Mohammed Ali Malek, 27, was arrested under suspicion of

21/04/2015

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27 survivors of Mediterranean shipwreck reach Italy, death toll 800

Twenty-seven survivors of Sunday’s (April 19) Mediterranean shipwreck arrived on a coast guard vessel at the Italian port of Catania on Monday night

21/04/2015

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EU under pressure to prevent Mediterranean Sea deaths

As news broke of another migrant ship sinking off the Greek island of Rhodes an Italian patrol ship docked in Malta. The corpses of 24 people

20/04/2015

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Death in the Mediterranean: how papers reported the tragedy

A look at the papers across Europe shows that many are leading with the human disaster story of the capsized migrant boat in the Mediterranean, with

20/04/2015

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Hundreds feared drowned in Mediterranean; Italy calls for help

Italy renews calls for help as over 700 migrants are feared drowned in the Mediterannean. Prime Minister Renzi urges greater international cooperation.

19/04/2015

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Urgent meeting of EU ministers called after tragic new turn in migrant crisis

As many as 700 are feared dead after a ship capsized overnight off the Libyan coast

19/04/2015

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Turin shroud on public display

The controversial Shroud of Turin is back on display for the first time in five years. The ancient piece of linen now on public view at Turin

19/04/2015

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Italian president calls for more decisive EU action on migrant crisis

Around 13,000 migrants have been rescued off Italy over the past week alone

18/04/2015

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Italy: Migrant burns victims crossed Mediterranean after gas explosion

Several African migrants are being treated in Lampedusa and Sicily after being injured in a gas explosion in Libya. They were refused treatment by human traffickers before they embarked on their journ

18/04/2015

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Migrant deaths in Mediterranean soar, while horror stories pour in

The wave of migrants desperate to reach Europe continued to unfurl into Italy on Friday, with hundreds more rescued as they crossed the Mediterranean

17/04/2015

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10,000 migrants enter Italy in last week alone

The wave of migrants arriving at Italy’s ports is showing no sign of let up, as hundreds more arrived in Pozzalo on Friday morning. Ten thousand

17/04/2015

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Christian migrants 'thrown overboard in religious clash'

Italian police are holding 15 Muslim men on suspicion of murdering a dozen Christians on a migrant boat from Africa.

17/04/2015

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41 migrants drown trying to reach Italy as the country calls for more help from the EU

Forty-one people drowned on Thursday while attempting to reach Italy by boat from Libya according to the International Organisation for Migration

16/04/2015

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More than a statistic: The human cost of migration to Italy

Hundreds die attempting to cross the Mediterranean from north Africa. Thousands are saved, but Italy is struggling to cope with escalating migrant arrivals.

16/04/2015

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New born baby among hundreds of migrants rescued of Italian coast

16/04/2015

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Italy calls for a Europe-wide response to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean

Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has called for a Europe wide response to the wave of migrants risking their lives crossing the

16/04/2015

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Xylella fastidiosa bacteria discovered in wholesale market near Paris

A coffee plant at a wholesale market close to Paris has been discovered to contain a deadly bacterium which has led to the destruction of olive trees

15/04/2015