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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…
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…
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…
The selection of Napoli's coloured defender Fabiano Santacroce for the Italy squad could send a message against racism, Italy coach Marcello Lippi sai…
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…
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…
Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani has broken his promise to stop using fur in his collections, animal rights organisation Peta said Monday.Speaking…
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…
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…
Public prosecutors in a Milan trial into the financial meltdown of dairy and food multinational Parmalat asked judges on Monday to sentence the group'…
Italian researchers have developed what they call a 'Trojan horse' that poisons tumours from within.The Milan scientists genetically tweaked blood cel…
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…
Italian police on Monday arrested 35 people including two local politicians in connection with trash-related riots in a Naples suburb earlier this yea…
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…
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…
''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…
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…
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…
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…
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…