Roberto Saviano, author of a bestseller that opened the lid on a brutal Camorra clan, has taken up boxing to ''save himself'' from a life under contin…
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Wed, 10/08/2008 - 03:41
A key government party came under fire on Tuesday after unveiling a series of proposals that would make it easier to expel immigrants and tougher for…
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 03:36
Juve duo Gianluigi Buffon and Mauro Camoranesi have picked up muscle injuries in training and will be unavailable for Italy's matches in Bulgaria on S…
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 03:27
The selection of Napoli's coloured defender Fabiano Santacroce for the Italy squad could send a message against racism, Italy coach Marcello Lippi sai…
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 03:19
Sampdoria looked to have got slightly the toughest draw of the three Italians in the group stage of the UEFA Cup here today.The Genoa side was drawn i…
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:47
Shares on the Milan stock exchange and elsewhere around the world took a nosedive on Monday despite the efforts of governments to instill investor con…
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:41
Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani has broken his promise to stop using fur in his collections, animal rights organisation Peta said Monday.Speaking…
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:36
An Italian pensioner caught selling drugs said he had turned to the trade to make ends meet.The man, 67, was nabbed in a park in this Sicilian city wh…
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:31
The Catholic Church sees Muslims as ''allies'' in its battle to defend life, moral values, peace and freedom, a top Church official told the world gat…
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:26
Public prosecutors in a Milan trial into the financial meltdown of dairy and food multinational Parmalat asked judges on Monday to sentence the group'…
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:20
Italian researchers have developed what they call a 'Trojan horse' that poisons tumours from within.The Milan scientists genetically tweaked blood cel…
Tue, 10/07/2008 - 03:13
Veteran Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli tested positive for EPO twice at this year's Tour de France, cycling sources said Monday.Piepoli's use of the…
Mon, 10/06/2008 - 09:33
Italian police on Monday arrested 35 people including two local politicians in connection with trash-related riots in a Naples suburb earlier this yea…
Mon, 10/06/2008 - 09:26
An unofficial referendum against the planned expansion of a US air base in Vicenza has left the city split.Opponents of the plan hailed the 95% No vot…
Mon, 10/06/2008 - 09:17
Newly crowned MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi is heading home from Australia to rest up before the season's last two races.Unlike his other coll…
Mon, 10/06/2008 - 09:12
''We'll sort things out,'' said Alessandro Del Piero Monday after Juventus's home loss to Palermo left them four points adrift of league co-leaders La…
Sun, 10/05/2008 - 03:04
Fiat plans to have Alfa Romeo cars back on the American market in 2010, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed here on Friday.Speaking at the Paris Auto…
Sun, 10/05/2008 - 03:02
The first black footballer to play for Italy on Friday joined the growing chorus of voices warning that the country could be facing an epidemic of rac…
Sun, 10/05/2008 - 03:00
Inter Milan coach Jose' Mourinho said Friday that he was happy to put himself in the line of fire to protect his team following press criticism over r…
Sat, 10/04/2008 - 03:12
A new show at the Colosseum highlights Italy's strong tradition in preserving its art heritage.The exhibition, entitled Ruins and Rebirth of Art In It…