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July 14, 2009 by · 1 Comment
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Bologna, Italy is one of the most developed cities in Italy and often ranks as one of the top cities. It is a very important railway and motorway hub in Italy.

Bologna Italy is specifically known for “The University of Bologna.” The University of Bologna founded in 1088, is the oldest existing university in Europe, and was an important centre of European intellectual life during the Middle Ages, attracting scholars from throughout Christendom.

Bologna is also renowned for its culinary tradition. It has given its name to the well-known Bolognese sauce, a meat based pasta sauce called in Italy.

Bologna is also known as “Basket City”, Read more

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One dead and 11 injured in crash

July 14, 2009 by · 1 Comment
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A teenager has died and 11 other people have been injured, two seriously, after their minibus crashed as they returned from a football tournament in Italy.

The 16 to 18 year olds and their supervisors were on their way back to Sheffield when the minibus crashed on the M1.

The youths were from a Sheffield-based community project called Football Unites, Racism Divides (FURD).

Two people were airlifted to hospital. Nine others suffered minor injuries.

The youths had arrived back in the UK after taking part in the Mondiali Antirazzisti (Anti-Racist World Cup) in Bologna in Italy.

They returned on Monday and were travelling back to Sheffield from East Midlands Airport when the accident happened.

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