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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…
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…
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…
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…
Culture Minister Sandro Bondi on Thursday presented 14 antiquities returned to Italy by the Cleveland Museum of Art after the government proved that t…
The Catholic Church risks approaching modern science with the same prejudices that resulted in it rejecting the theories of Galileo, a Vatican officia…
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…
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…
Moody's Investors Service has confirmed its negative outlook for Italy's banking system in view of possible repercussions from the current economic do…
MotoGP world champion and current standings leader Valentino Rossi has risen to fifth place among the world's top earning non-American sportsmen, acco…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Plans to spinoff Fiat Group Automobiles (FGA) have been put on hold indefinitely following the Italian group's failure to acquire German automaker Ope…
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…
Juventus wants former star Pavel Nedved to join its technical staff, Chairman Giovanni Cobolli Gigli said Wednesday.The former Czech midfielder, Europ…
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…
The government will declare a state of emergency for the gas train explosion that hit Viareggio Tuesday, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said after visiting…