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VENICE, Italy, July 16 (UPI) -- The first woman to pass the entry exam for gondolier training in Venice, Italy, has begun ferrying passengers as an apprentice.
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VENICE, Italy, June 27 (UPI) -- One of Italy's last bastions of male privilege has been breached with the coming of the first female gondolier in Venice, observers said.
ROME, May 9 (UPI) -- Italians have more confidence in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi than in his government as a whole, a poll indicated Friday.
