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Tzane: The moment he is pulled from a cliff in a ruined city in Italy (video)
The group of content creators traveled to the Italian town of Roghudi in Calabria which was abandoned by many of its inhabitants in the earthquakes of 1783
Italian police find $880 million of cocaine stashed in banana crates
Police in southern Italy said on Tuesday they had seized 2,700 kg of highly pure cocaine hidden in two refrigerated containers containing bananas that had been shipped from Ecuador.
The haul found in the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro would have been worth more than 800 million euros, Italy's Guardia di Finanza police said in a statement.
Italy firefighters battle 500 blazes after record heat
Italian firefighters on Aug. 12 battled hundreds of fires throughout the country's south that have killed four people, fuelled by unrelenting temperatures enveloping southern Europe.
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More than a Tonne of Cocaine Was Found in a Banana Container in Italy
More than one tonne of cocaine was seized from a banana container at the port of Gioia Tauro in the southern Italian region of Calabria. This was announced by Italian carabinieri and the financial police, BTA reported.
The container was traveling from South America and had to reach Germany. The drug found in it, totaling 1.2 tonnes, could be sold for at least EUR 250 million.
4.4 Magnitude Earthquake in Italy
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was registered at 06:31 on Friday in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the southern coast of Italy, the country's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology announced.
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Italy Flash Flood Kills at Least 11 Hikers in Tourist Spot as Rescuers Search Gorge for Survivors
The Telegraph - At least 11 people were killed in southern Italy when they were washed away over rocks by a raging white-water creek in a deep mountain gorge that swelled suddenly after heavy rain.
Italian Police Intercept €50m Tramadol Haul Potentially Bound For ISIS
Italian police have seized 24m pills of the painkiller Tramadol that they suspect were destined for sale by Islamic State to its fighters in north Africa and the Middle East, reported the Guardian.