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Rub shoulders with famous ghosts at Zeffirelli's villa only 5,000 a night

2010-07-29
Acclaimed director's Italian retreat on the Amalfi coast reopens as luxury hotel three years after sale "Leonard Bernstein, Laurence Olivier, Maria Callas, Elizabeth Taylor it sounds like a legend, doesn't it?" mused Italy's most celebrated opera and film director, Franco Zeffirelli, as he recalled the guests who had passed through his retreat on the Amalfi coast. For 35 years, until he sold ...

Butt takes inspiration from Imran heroics

2010-07-29
Pakistan captain Salman Butt hopes some of the magic of Imran Khan, his cricket hero, will rub off when he leads the team in the first Test against England here on Thursday.

Gov't estimates potential proceeds from privatization in 2011-2013

2010-07-29
RBC, 29.07.2010, Moscow 15:50:54. Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina told journalists today that the government could raise between RUB 600bn (approx. USD 19.86bn) and RUB 700bn (approx. USD 23.17bn) in 2011-2013. The minister also indicated that about RUB 200bn (approx.