An Italian oil worker who was held hostage for three months by a militant group in Nigeria said on Friday that he sympathised with his former captors.…
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Mon, 03/19/2007 - 06:27
Italian archaeologists have found the world's oldest perfumes on the island of Cyprus, mythical home of the love goddess Venus.The prehistoric scents…
Sun, 03/18/2007 - 08:23
Italian scientists have shed new light on the biological mechanisms in the brain behind phobias and addictions to eating, alcohol and drugs.The Rome U…
Sun, 03/18/2007 - 08:12
Italy and southern Europe face health risks and an increasing struggle to grow food because of climate change in the 21st century, according to a new…
Sun, 03/18/2007 - 07:09
An Italian art restorer has led a successful battle to reclaim priceless frescoes at the legendary Jewish fortress of Masada.Maurizio Tagliapietra ans…
Sun, 03/18/2007 - 07:00
Italy's forestry corps presented their plans to bring the Marsican bear back from the brink of extinction on Tuesday. The Marsican (Ursus arctos marsi…
Sat, 03/17/2007 - 08:04
An Italian court on Thursday rejected a recent government decree doubling the amount of cannabis a person can carry without being arrested for dealing…
Sat, 03/17/2007 - 08:00
Italian researchers have isolated the virus implicated in the type of diabetes that mainly strikes children. Working with Novartis Vaccines, scientist…
Sat, 03/17/2007 - 06:52
Italian food is looking to the Far East to enhance its reputation for excellence. Italy is the biggest foreign exhibitor at Asia's largest food fair,…
Sat, 03/17/2007 - 06:49
Wassily Kandinsky's impact on the development of international abstract art is well-documented but for the first time a new exhibit in Milan charts…
Fri, 03/16/2007 - 07:55
Government spokesman Silvio Sircana, who was dragged this week into a widening vice and extortion probe, received a public apology on Thursday. Photog…
Fri, 03/16/2007 - 07:51
Rome kicked off three days of mathematical fun and games Thursday with a star-studded Maths Festival cast including John Nash, subject of the Oscar-wi…
Fri, 03/16/2007 - 07:49
Two Italian oil workers kidnapped by a militant group in Nigeria more than three months ago have been released unharmed, the Italian foreign ministry…
Fri, 03/16/2007 - 07:45
An Italian reporter abducted by Taliban militants in Afghanistan ten days ago, warned in an audio recording delivered on Thursday that he will be exe…
Fri, 03/16/2007 - 07:34
Serie A's hottest strikers square up on Sunday afternoon when Luca Toni's Fiorentina entertain Francesco Totti's AS Roma and league points will not be…
Fri, 03/16/2007 - 07:23
Premier Romano Prodi met the Italian rugby team Thursday to congratulate the Azzurri on their best ever Six Nations campaign and wish them luck for…
Thu, 03/15/2007 - 08:07
One of Italy's most famous Baroque jewels, the cathedral of Noto in Sicily, is to reopen a decade after its collapse sent the art world into shock.Ann…
Thu, 03/15/2007 - 08:03
Italian Premier Romano Prodi said he addressed the subject of human rights abuses during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.…
Thu, 03/15/2007 - 07:59
Debate continued on Wednesday over a new immigration bill, as the centre-right opposition accused the government of a "crackbrained" reform it claims…
Thu, 03/15/2007 - 07:56
Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo who was kidnapped by Taliban militants in Afghanistan nine days ago, appeared in a video delivered on Wednesday…