Next week's meeting here between United States President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI ''will be much more than a chat,'' the American leader tol…
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Sat, 07/04/2009 - 03:04
American student Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito did not fake a break-in at the house where British student Meredith K…
Sat, 07/04/2009 - 03:02
On the eve of this weekend's MotoGP United States Grand Prix, reigning world champion and standings leader Valentino Rossi set the stage for a possibl…
Sat, 07/04/2009 - 03:00
Italian climber Franco Pellizotti says he fancies his chances of winning at least one stage in this year's Tour de France.''I'm strong and I think I h…
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 04:06
Culture Minister Sandro Bondi on Thursday presented 14 antiquities returned to Italy by the Cleveland Museum of Art after the government proved that t…
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 03:59
The Catholic Church risks approaching modern science with the same prejudices that resulted in it rejecting the theories of Galileo, a Vatican officia…
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 03:52
The toll from Tuesday's gas train explosion in the Tuscan town of Viareggio rose to 19 Thursday as a woman died in hospital.About ten of the burns pat…
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 03:39
Italy cracked down on illegal immigration and crime with a new law Thursday.For the first time, illegal immigration becomes a crime and Italians are e…
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 03:33
Moody's Investors Service has confirmed its negative outlook for Italy's banking system in view of possible repercussions from the current economic do…
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 03:28
MotoGP world champion and current standings leader Valentino Rossi has risen to fifth place among the world's top earning non-American sportsmen, acco…
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 03:21
Vincenzo Montella, the striker who helped AS Roma to the scudetto on 2001, is hanging up his boots, the Roman club said Thursday.Montella, 35, a nippy…
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 03:57
The Vatican has spent over three million euros restoring the last frescoes ever painted by Michelangelo which may have unveiled a new self-portrait by…
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 03:48
Italian horror master Dario Argento will be given this year's Ischia Legend Award, to be handed out July 14 at the VII Global Film & Music Festiva…
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 03:44
The death toll from Tuesday's gas train explosion in Viareggio rose to 17 Wednesday as two small children and a man died in hospital.Transport Ministe…
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 03:39
Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a Genoa court for a prison sentence for Italy's former police chief for allegedly pressuring a witness to commit perjur…
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 03:31
Plans to spinoff Fiat Group Automobiles (FGA) have been put on hold indefinitely following the Italian group's failure to acquire German automaker Ope…
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 03:25
Italy held on to fourth place in FIFA's latest monthly rankings despite a 1-0 defeat to Egypt and a 3-0 loss to Brazil in the recent Confederations Cu…
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 03:20
Juventus wants former star Pavel Nedved to join its technical staff, Chairman Giovanni Cobolli Gigli said Wednesday.The former Czech midfielder, Europ…
Wed, 07/01/2009 - 03:57
The Mediterranean is turning into a 'sea of hell', Greenpeace says.Climate change has filled the sea with alien species such as poisonous puffer fish…
Wed, 07/01/2009 - 03:52
The government will declare a state of emergency for the gas train explosion that hit Viareggio Tuesday, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said after visiting…