American student Amanda Knox, on trial here with her ex boyfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, is prepared to talk freely when…
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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 03:35
Italy coach Nick Mallett has decided to start two uncapped players against Australia in Canberra on Saturday.Bayonne fly half Craig Gower, 32, former…
Thu, 06/11/2009 - 04:05
A major show on Giotto and his groundbreaking impact on 14th-century art has proved such a hit that its run has been extended till the end of July, R…
Thu, 06/11/2009 - 03:54
Oscar-winning Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore's latest film Baaria will inaugurate this year's Venice Film Festival on September 2, the director s…
Thu, 06/11/2009 - 03:47
Politicians across the divide on Wednesday slammed the Italian government's ''rockstar welcome'' of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi in light of his h…
Thu, 06/11/2009 - 03:40
Italy's Fiat and Detroit No.3 Chrysler made their partnership official on Wednesday and created the foundation for what the Italian automaker hopes wi…
Thu, 06/11/2009 - 03:36
Italy's anti-doping prosecutor on Wednesday requested a two-year ban for Palermo defender Moris Carrozzieri for cocaine use.Italian Olympic Committee…
Thu, 06/11/2009 - 03:31
AC Milan have no chance of winning the Champions League without Brazil star Kaka, Milan legend Paolo Maldini said Wednesday.''Looking at the accounts…
Thu, 06/11/2009 - 03:27
Serie A club Catania on Wednesday named Gianluca Atzori coach in place of Walter Zenga who moved across Sicily to Palermo last week.Atzori, 38, was Ze…
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 04:14
The treasures of Baghdad's National Museum went online for the first time Tuesday as Italy inaugurated the Virtual Museum of Iraq as part of an ongoin…
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 04:08
An extremely rare example of a Mediterranean monk seal, believed to be the world's most endangered pinniped, has been spotted off the Tuscan island of…
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 04:02
Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi will have a packed schedule when he arrives here on Wednesday for his first, historic visit to the Italian capital.Ga…
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 03:56
Italy's centre right led by Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday hailed local election results from the weekend where it made a much stronger showing…
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 03:45
Italian soccer's traditional seasonal curtain-raiser, the Super Cup, will be played at Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium on August 8, Lazio and Inter Mila…
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 03:36
Italy coach Marcello Lippi is looking to start building on his World-Cup winning base in the Confederations Cup in South Africa against rivals like Sp…
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 03:33
Vatican soccer fever continues Wednesday when French soccer greats take on the Swiss Guards.Marius Tresor, Christian Karembeu and Dominique Rocheteau…
Tue, 06/09/2009 - 04:14
Tucked away on the Via Ghibellina near Santa Croce in Florence is the Casa Buonarroti. Michelangelo (1475-1564, whose surname was Buonarroti) lived br…
Tue, 06/09/2009 - 04:06
Italy on Monday welcomed the European Commission's decision to drop plans to permit the making of rose' wine by mixing red and white wines.''We are gl…
Tue, 06/09/2009 - 03:59
Frescoes in the famous Florentine church of Santa Croce are to get a facelift thanks to a Renaissance-mad Japanese art history professor who has hande…
Tue, 06/09/2009 - 03:50
A string of meetings and workshops are under way in this northern Italian port city as part of global celebrations marking World Oceans Day on Monday.…