Following Sunday's thrilling Catalunya Grand Prix, few observers now doubt that five-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi may have finally met his mat…
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Tue, 06/12/2007 - 05:41
An international team of experts has recreated Ancient Rome in a computer-graphics version that nails down the last column, statue and brick of the Co…
Tue, 06/12/2007 - 05:37
Art-lovers visiting Venice in coming weeks have more than just the 52nd edition of the Biennale to look forward to, with a string of side exhibits dev…
Mon, 06/11/2007 - 13:54
I don’t mean to be a snob, but when I see pasta with grilled chicken, pesto and sun-dried tomatoes on the menu of an Italian restaurant in the US o…
Mon, 06/11/2007 - 08:24
Italy has come up with a robot dog to guard museums and keep art works in the best state of conservation.The robot, dubbed Argo, scoots around on four…
Mon, 06/11/2007 - 08:17
Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Rome on Saturday to protest against US President George W. Bush, who was in the Italian capital o…
Mon, 06/11/2007 - 08:04
For the first time a woman has been named to head the Catholic relief organization Caritas Internationalis.Briton Lesley-Anne Knight was elected as th…
Mon, 06/11/2007 - 07:57
Italian Spaghetti Westerns are the inspiration behind a new fashion collection created by the daughters of Giuliano Gemma, one of the film genre's lea…
Mon, 06/11/2007 - 07:48
A Sicilian teacher faces a suspended jail sentence for punishing a school bully by making him write "I am moronic" over and over in his exercise book.…
Mon, 06/11/2007 - 07:11
A Ferrari made entirely of chocolate has been made by a confectioner here in this central italian city and will be auctioned off at Ferrari headquarte…
Sun, 06/10/2007 - 06:48
An Italian archaeologist claims to have found the temple of the ancient Roman god Quirinus under the head of state's official residence, the Palazzo…
Sun, 06/10/2007 - 06:47
Dogs should be looked after like children when people take them out for a walk or in the car, Italy's Supreme Court said Tuesday.Ruling in the case of…
Sun, 06/10/2007 - 06:45
Smoking is back on the rise in Italy after declining in the wake of tough anti-smoking legislation two years ago, a new report has found.A poll taken…
Sun, 06/10/2007 - 06:45
A ground-breaking Italian satellite system for Earth observation and disaster prevention is set to blast off from California Thursday.Rockets on the B…
Sun, 06/10/2007 - 06:37
The use of biodiesel fuel can cut vehicle emissions of carbon dioxide by as much as 80% and fine particles by 50%, the Italian farmers' union Coldir…
Sun, 06/10/2007 - 06:30
Italy is to claim cash from 'sleeping accounts' in banks, post offices and insurance companies and use it for good causes, the government said on Tues…
Sat, 06/09/2007 - 06:43
The only surviving child of the late Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli is suing her father's most trusted advisers in a dispute over the management of h…
Sat, 06/09/2007 - 06:43
Three employees of a cult TV show which caused a storm last year by exposing drug use among Italian MPs now face trial, judicial sources said on Tuesd…
Sat, 06/09/2007 - 06:41
This past spring was the hottest in Italy since 1800, when records began to be kept, the National Research Council (CNR) reported on Wednesday.The hot…
Sat, 06/09/2007 - 06:35
The view that wartime pontiff Pius XII was indulgent towards Hitler is now so firmly rooted that people just ignore evidence to the contrary, Pope Be…