Greg Burke
Greg Burke has served as a correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC) based in Rome, Italy since joining the network in October 2001. Most recently, Burke provided on-site coverage during the crisis in the Middle East. He also covered the labor law protests in France, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hospitalization in Jerusalem and the terrorist attacks in London. He led the network's coverage of Pope John Paul II's sickness and reported on his death and the election of Pope Benedict XVI.
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December 4, 2009 11:34 AM
Amanda’s “Assassin’s Mask”-The Jury Decides
Amanda Knox’s trial has gone to the jury, and she and her co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, could find out Friday night or Saturday whether they’ll walk free or spend the rest of their lives behind bars. The jury begin deliberations about 10:40 a.m. local, and is expected to take at least 10 or 12 hours in making a decision. The jury is made up of eight people, ... read more
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December 3, 2009 8:29 AM
Amanda Knox’s Ex: Give Me My Life Back
Amanda Knox’s co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, told the court Thursday that he didn’t kill Meredith Kercher, and that he wasn’t in the house when the British student was stabbed to death in November of 2007. Sollecito who did not take the stand during the trial, and was never subject to cross examination, took advantage of the final full day in court, reserved ... read more
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December 2, 2009 1:22 PM
Amanda Knox Verdict: Life Or Walk Free?
A year to study abroad, learn a new language and enjoy a bit of European culture has turned into more than two years in an Italian jail for Amanda Knox, a college student from Seattle. And the foreign study experience could get transformed into a life sentence for Amanda, who’s charged with murdering and sexually assaulting her English roommate, Meredith Kercher. The ... read more
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December 1, 2009 10:43 AM
Amanda Knox: Cold Killer Or Girl Next Door?
Amanda Knox’s year-long trial on murder and sexual assault charges in Perugia, Italy, is winding to a close this week, with her lawyer calling her “the girl next door.” The actual phrase that Carlo Dalla Vedova used in his closing arguments before the jury was the Italian for soap and water, “acqua e sapone,” which translates more or less as the girl next ... read more
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November 30, 2009 9:14 AM
Swiss Minarets: Tolerance Test For Europe?
Voters in Switzerland have passed a referendum banning the construction of minarets on mosques. Switzerland currently only has four minarets, so the vote was largely symbolic, but it reflects growing fears about Muslim integration in Europe. The referendum could have repercussions throughout the continent. In Italy, representatives from the anti-immigrant Northern ... read more
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November 20, 2009 8:37 AM
Perugia: Too Many Wannabe Detectives?
A prosecutor in the Amanda Knox trial in Perugia, Italy, argued on Friday that a “parallel trial” has been taking place in the media, aimed only at destroying the work of investigators. Knox, a 22-year-old from Seattle, is on trial for murder and sexual assault along with her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. They are charged with the grisly killing of English ... read more
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November 18, 2009 8:54 AM
Perugia Murder: Crunch Time for Amanda Knox
The trial of Amanda Knox, the 22-year-old Seattle student accused of murder and sexual assault in Perugia, Italy, resumes on Friday, and a verdict is expected in early December. It’s crunch time for Amanda, who has sat through the trial for nearly a year. Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are both suspects in the grisly murder of Knox’s former ... read more
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November 16, 2009 2:42 PM
Qaddafi to Italian Women: Convert
Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qaddafi gave a lecture on Islam to more than 100 young Italian women on Sunday night, encouraging them to convert and telling them it was false that Islam discriminated against women. Qaddafi, in Rome for the United Nations World Summit on Food Security, told the women that Christ came for the Jews, but that Mohammed came for everyone, according ... read more
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November 4, 2009 11:52 AM
Europe’s War on Religion?
A decision by the European Court of Human Rights banning crucifixes in Italian classrooms has sparked outrage in Italy, and it could have consequences far beyond the country’s borders. In principle, decisions made by the Court are applicable to all 47 countries that are members of the Council of Europe. Italy says it will appeal the ruling, made unanimously by a ... read more
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December 7, 2009 10:56 AM
Amanda Knox Verdict: Was It Anti-American?
Amanda Knox has been found guilty and sentenced to 26 years in prison. While her murder trial in Perugia has ended, the debate over how it was conducted and whether or not the Seattle native was treated fairly continues at a furious pace. The trial, which began January and came to a close with a jury’s verdict on early Saturday morning, has sparked so much interest in ... read more