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The brainier you are the longer you are likely to live, human genetics researchers at the University of Calabria claimed on Wednesday.According to the…
Animal rights activists staged a dawn raid on St Mark's Square to defy Venice's new ban on feeding pigeons.The five militants rowed to the famed squar…
Italy's Euro 2008 squad have rallied round under-fire coach Roberto Donadoni ahead of Friday's must-win match against Romania.The players on Wednesday…
Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi risks missing the next two races in the MotoGP championship because of a fracture he suffered to his right hand during la…
A TV prank which appeared to expose drug use by Italian MPs was rapped Tuesday.Two members of cult show Le Iene were fined for invasion of privacy.Ita…
Pisa Airport management company, Societa' Aeroporto Toscano Galileo Galilei S.p.A., closed the month of April 2008 with a 6.7% increase in passengers…
A new musical about Mary, the mother of Jesus, will debut at the Vatican later this month, the Holy See said on Tuesday.The show, entitled Mary of Naz…
Italy has made the world's top ten for spending on primary schools, the Save The Children organisation reported Tuesday.Luxembourg came top with $12,4…
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni on Tuesday took his licks from the Italian press after the Azzurris' unexpected 3-0 loss to Netherlands in their Group C…
Some 500 athletes from 100 different countries will take part in the 2009 world boxing championships here from August 28 to September 13 of next year.…
Netherlands' controversial opening goal in their 3-0 Euro 2008 win over Italy Monday was correctly awarded, UEFA said Tuesday.UEFA General Secretary D…
Italian director Dino Risi, who helped create the postwar genre of bittersweet comedies known as Commedia all'Italiana, was commemorated by friends an…
The consortium of Brunello di Montalcino producers will no longer be responsible for controlling the authenticity of one of Italy's finest wines, the…
Archaeologists said Monday they have discovered a vast Roman necropolis on a hill south of Rome where the lower social classes buried their dead.Aroun…
Italian city mayors on Monday asked Interior Minister Roberto Maroni for special powers to deal with security issues becoming a major concern for citi…
A large plot of opium poppies has been found in the historic centre of Siena.The allotment runs along a street leading into the heart of the medieval…
The centre-right government willgo ahead with a contested measure restricting wiretapping to probes into organized crime or terrorism but will consult…
A dozen or so pacifists chained themselves to a fence outside Rome's central Regina Coeli prison on Monday to protest against this week's visit by Uni…
Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana (CFMI) ended 2007 with sales over 33.5 million euro, slightly above their 2006 sales of 33.4 million.CFMI's bal…
Chinese authorities have invited a bishop of Hong Kong, John Tong Hon, to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the South China Morning Post r…