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Inter Milan's new Ghanaian signing Sulley Muntari insists he isn't in Milan just to make up the numbers.Muntari, 24, signed from Portsmouth at the wee…
An ancient Greek trading ship that has lain on the seabed off the coast of Gela in southern Sicily for 2,500 years was brought to the surface for the…
Homeless West African immigrants clashed with police at Naples Duomo Monday after staging a sit-in in the cathedral.A scuffle broke out as police trie…
A leading character actor of post-war Italian cinema, Marisa Merlini, has died at the age of 84, her family announced Monday.Merlini is best known for…
Italy on Monday condemned Sunday's bomb blasts in Istanbul and reaffirmed its support for Turkey joining the European Union.Italian Foreign Minister F…
Jose' Mourinho aims to hone his Inter Milan squad into a more manageable unit in his bid to earn the club's first European crown since the 1960s.''The…
Pope Benedict XVI left Castel Gandolofo Monday for his summer holiday in the mountain town of Bressanone in Italy's northern Alto Adige region.The pop…
The Roman Emperor Hadrian is set to be London's most popular guest celebrity this summer, with the opening of a major new exhibition devoted to his li…
Pope Benedict XVI will visit Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the presidential palace in Rome on October 4, sources at the Quirinale place said…
Bosses must not swear at their staff, Italy's Supreme Court ruled Friday.The ruling came in a case in which a company director from Catania, identifie…
A death threat against Premier Silvio Berlusconi bearing Muslim slogans was sent to the offices of Rome daily La Repubblica Friday.The daily gave poli…
Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari arrived in Milan on Friday for medical tests ahead of a move from Portsmouth in England.Muntari, who will be 24 in a m…
An extremely rare and very well preserved Byzantine baptismal font has been found on an island off the western Sicilian coast near Trapani.The font wa…
A fire broke out at a Peroni beer plant in Bari Friday after two tanks exploded.The blaze sent plumes of black smoke billowing over nearby houses and…
Northern League politicians were up in arms on Friday after low-cost airline Ryanair used a photo of party leader and Reforms Minister Umberto Bossi m…
Christians and Muslims in the Middle East can live together peacefully, Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki told the pope during their audience on Friday.''I…
Italy and Libya could sign a historic friendship and cooperation accord resolving issues related to Italy's colonial occupation of the North African c…
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Friday vowed to hack through Italy's thicket of laws to cut spending and boost the economy.''Through legislative…
Italy is to send more military instructors to Iraq, Premier Silvio Berlusconi told his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki Thursday night.''Italy continu…
The tomb of a woman who died around 2,600 years ago on the eastern Italian coast is helping archaeologists piece together the vast trade network that…