A rare example of a Lar, or White-handed, Gibbon was confiscated from a family home by forestry police in Mantua on Friday.The family had kept the gib…
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Sat, 09/27/2008 - 03:05
McLaren-Merdedes driver Lewis Hamilton clocked the fastest time in the first practice for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix but Ferrari drivers Felipe Mas…
Sat, 09/27/2008 - 03:04
Italy's Paolo Bettini is eyeing a record third straight title in the World Road Race Championship here this Sunday.Bettini said Friday he's feeling st…
Sat, 09/27/2008 - 03:02
Italy's Andrea Dovizioso will join Honda's official MotoGP team HRC next year filling the spot left open by Nicky Hayden, who will move to Ducati at t…
Sat, 09/27/2008 - 03:00
Valentino Rossi appeared to be pacing himself in Friday's two practice sessions for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, well aware that he need only make th…
Fri, 09/26/2008 - 04:30
Archaeologists in Sardinia said Thursday they have found the port of the Phoenician city of Tharros, held by some to be the ancient people's most impo…
Fri, 09/26/2008 - 04:23
Fashion houses staging catwalk shows at the current Milan Fashion Week are on high security alert after British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, best known…
Fri, 09/26/2008 - 04:14
A 'new Alitalia' will become a reality by the middle of next month, the national carrier's government-appointed administrator Augusto Fantozzi said on…
Fri, 09/26/2008 - 04:07
Pope Benedict XVI has named Msgr. Mariano Crociata, the bishop of Noto, to be the new secretary general of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI), a sta…
Fri, 09/26/2008 - 03:52
Inter Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic is pumped ahead of Sunday's derby with AC Milan.''I'm really enjoying myself in this Inter,'' he said after the le…
Fri, 09/26/2008 - 03:45
Italy's Valentino Rossi will have his first chance of winning this year's MotoGP championship on Sunday and intends to do just that.All the Yamaha rid…
Fri, 09/26/2008 - 03:39
Felipe Massa believes he can overtake Lewis Hamilton and achieve his dream of a first world title.Speaking ahead of Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix, Mas…
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 04:00
This year's hit film on the Naples Mafia, Gomorra, has been picked as Italy's contender for next year's Foreign Film Oscar.Gomorra, Matteo Garrone's a…
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 03:55
The riddle of an alleged theft from Italy's famed Riace bronzes has resurfaced 35 years after they were lifted from the Calabrian seabed.A photo of th…
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 03:46
The long-lost colours of Rome's famous Ara Pacis were temporarily brought back to life this week thanks to a new virtual reconstruction of how ancient…
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 03:36
Air France is interested in Alitalia, the former CEO of the failing Italian airline said Wednesday.Piero Mengozzi, a merchant banker who tried to turn…
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 03:25
Italy captain Sergio Parisse has become the first Italian rugby player to be nominated as world player of the year.''It's a great honour for me and re…
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 03:18
Two of Italy's soccer greats are to star alongside Pope Benedict XVI when he becomes the first pontiff in history to read a chapter of the Bible on te…
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 03:13
Mascalzone Latino owner-skipper Vincenzo Onorato and Olympic windsurf champion Alessandra Sensini have been nominated for ISAF Rolex World Sailor of t…
Wed, 09/24/2008 - 03:58
Speculation mounted that Premier Silvio Berlusconi was examining a new initiative to save Alitalia after he met informally on Tuesday with key ministe…