The Chinese government on Friday intervened in a spat between Milan's Chinese community and the local authorities, calling for "balanced" solutions to…
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Mon, 04/16/2007 - 05:38
An Italian elementary school teacher has been charged with cutting the tongue of one of her pupils with a pair of scissors.Judges said the 22-year-old…
Mon, 04/16/2007 - 05:34
Italy's Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by Williams technical director Patrick Head to be fully cleared of the manslaughter of Brazilian Fo…
Mon, 04/16/2007 - 05:31
Excitement is mounting among sailing fans here as Italy gears up to launch a three-pronged attack on the America's Cup, which starts in earnest in Val…
Mon, 04/16/2007 - 05:23
Jailed Mafia 'boss-of-bosses' Bernardo Provenzano was moved on Friday to a new high-security prison in the northwest city of Novara.Since his arrest a…
Sun, 04/15/2007 - 10:11
Two men were nabbed Thursday night after taking an Anita Ekberg-like plunge into Rome's famed Trevi Fountain - in search of tourist booty rather than…
Sun, 04/15/2007 - 06:22
At least 14 police officers, including two women, were injured or bruised in scuffles which broke out in central Milan on Thursday as Chinese shopkeep…
Sun, 04/15/2007 - 06:16
The European Commission spelled out limits on Wednesday to a government plan to take the national telephone network out of the exclusive control of fo…
Sun, 04/15/2007 - 06:15
The Italian Welfare Ministry on Wednesday published a report on immigrant life in Italy.The study, compiled from several sources, found the following:…
Sun, 04/15/2007 - 06:11
Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema on Thursday defended the government's handling of the kidnapping of journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo by Taliban guerr…
Sat, 04/14/2007 - 10:05
An exhibit by top Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani exploring human rights abuses in Cuba has opened in the European Parliament.Entitled 'Forbidde…
Sat, 04/14/2007 - 06:20
A fresh row has broken out in a landmark case of alleged 'extraordinary rendition' of a Muslim cleric from Milan four years ago.Milan prosecutors on W…
Sat, 04/14/2007 - 06:09
Eight Serie A match officials are expected to face criminal charges after prosecutors wrapped up the Naples end of the Calciopoli match-fixing probe T…
Sat, 04/14/2007 - 06:05
As the debate about the rights and wrongs of animal testing rumbles on, a growing number of centres caring for scientific research 'survivors' are spr…
Sat, 04/14/2007 - 05:59
A new exhibition space being created at the entrance to Venice's Grand Canal could help establish the lagoon city as a European mecca for modern and c…
Fri, 04/13/2007 - 05:55
Italy is to fight a rise in teen drinking by banning advertisements that link alcohol to making friends or attracting members of the opposite sex.Unve…
Fri, 04/13/2007 - 05:52
Fuel station operators said on Thursday they would resume their battle against government plans to deregulate their sector, threatening a fresh and po…
Fri, 04/13/2007 - 05:47
Runaway leaders Inter Milan are seeking to move within one match of the Serie A title Sunday night by beating off-song Palermo at the San Siro Stadium…
Fri, 04/13/2007 - 05:44
Italian porn icon Moana Pozzi was helped to die after begging not to suffer a lingering death from cancer, Italian police believe.Prosecutors here hav…
Fri, 04/13/2007 - 05:39
The hero of AC Milan's 2-0 triumph over Bayern Munich, Clarence Seedorf, said Thursday that semi-final opponents Manchester United are the "biggest ch…