A senior Vatican official on Tuesday said evolutionary theory was ''not incompatible'' with the teachings of the Catholic Church and the Bible as h…
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Wed, 09/17/2008 - 04:01
Some of the lost desserts of the Medici dynasty have been recaptured in oils for a new show at Florence's Palazzo Medici.The paintings, daintily fra…
Wed, 09/17/2008 - 03:55
The chief executive of Catania was cited for instigating violence Tuesday for allegedly inflammatory comments in a tit-for-tat spat with Inter Mila…
Wed, 09/17/2008 - 03:48
Trieste is promising visitors a voyage into its medieval past, with a new, wide-ranging exhibition looking at life in the Middle Ages. Today a melti…
Tue, 09/16/2008 - 03:10
Sophia Loren says she's thrilled to be in Nine, Rob Marshall's star-studded film version of the Broadway musical based on the life of movie great Fede…
Tue, 09/16/2008 - 03:08
The Swamp Ape, a prehistoric primate that once inhabited part of Italy, is the focus of a conference looking at life in this area when it was a tropic…
Tue, 09/16/2008 - 03:06
The exposure of Italy's biggest bank Unicredit in the bankrupt American investment bank Lehman Brothers is ''limited,'' according to Unicredit CEO Ale…
Tue, 09/16/2008 - 03:04
Italy's Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Telecom Italia employee who sent over 13,000 private text messages from his work cell phone in ten months…
Tue, 09/16/2008 - 03:02
Danilo Di Luca has been left out of the Italian team for the world championships in this northern Italian city later this month.The exclusion of the 2…
Tue, 09/16/2008 - 03:00
2006 MotoGP champion Nicky Hayen will ride for Ducati next season in place of Marco Melandri, who is leaving after a disappointing first year with the…
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 09:38
Two Milan newly-weds on Sunday became the first couple ever to hold a wedding reception on one of the city's historic trams.Journalist Stefania Malacr…
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 09:28
Italian police on Monday played down accusations that the murder of an immigrant beaten to death after he allegedly stole a packet of biscuits from a…
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 09:22
Parents and teachers donned black on the first day of the school year Monday to protest planned cuts to Italy's elementary schools.Parents and teacher…
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 09:17
The biggest hurdle tokeeping Alitalia in the air now is a demand by would-be buyers that airline staff accept a single contract rather than a differen…
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 09:12
Italian inflation stayed at 4.1% in August, a 12-year-high for the third straight month, Istat said Monday.The definitive figure was 0.1% higher than…
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 09:09
AC Milan will solve the problems that have left it bottom of Serie A after two defeats in the first two games, coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday.''We'…
Sat, 09/13/2008 - 03:10
Unions representing all workers in the air transport sector, including pilots, will meet Friday afternoon in what may be a final attempt to avert the…
Sat, 09/13/2008 - 03:08
A controversial new high-tech bridge over Venice's Grand Canal has been opened in the dead of night after the city council was forced to cancel its of…
Sat, 09/13/2008 - 03:06
Honey has antibiotic properties and also helps to prevent ageing, according to a study by an Italian genetics expert.Roberto Barale, professor of gene…
Sat, 09/13/2008 - 03:04
Italy's industrial output fell 0.6% in July compared to the same month in 2007, national statistics agency ISTAT reported Friday.But the drop would ha…