Valentino Rossi, probably the most gravity-defying rider in motorcycling history, fell while he was drawing the curtains in his house and is a doubt f…
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Wed, 02/04/2009 - 03:38
AC Milan have offered the LA Galaxy 15 million euros to keep David Beckham, the Sun newspaper reported Tuesday.Milan are willing to pay Beckham the sa…
Wed, 02/04/2009 - 03:32
Italy's two entries in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series (LVPS) have both advanced to the next stage in the America's Cup class sailing event here in N…
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 04:01
Italian workers in Britain are not at risk of discrimination nor is there any animosity towards them, London's ambassador to Rome assured the Italian…
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 03:47
Brazil's supreme court will examine the case of ex-terrorist this month or next month, the court's chief justice Gilmar Mendes was cited as saying in…
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 03:43
Turkey and the Holy See should create a bilateral committee to address ''unresolved matters'' between the two states, Pope Benedict XVI suggested Mond…
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 03:28
The gap in AIDS treatment between rich and poor nations must be narrowed, HIV virus co-discoverer Luc Montagnier said while receiving a prestigious aw…
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 03:20
Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi is convinced the upcoming MotoGP season to be even more difficult for him than last year he will be the rider…
Mon, 02/02/2009 - 09:21
President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday appealed for a stop to xenophobia in Italy after an incident in which three men beat and set fire to a homeless…
Mon, 02/02/2009 - 09:08
Italy's crusading comic Beppe Grillo has come seventh in Forbes magazine's annual poll of the world's top bloggers.''His name may be unfamiliar to mos…
Mon, 02/02/2009 - 09:03
David Beckham shone even brighter for AC Milan in his fifth league start against Lazio Sunday night, setting up two goals in Milan's 3-0 win.'Super Be…
Sun, 02/01/2009 - 03:09
London is marking 500 years since the birth of Italy's most influential architect with a major new exhibition paying tribute to Andrea Palladio (1508-…
Sun, 02/01/2009 - 03:08
An Italian teenager skipped school and won 10,000 euros with a lotto scratch card Friday.He was so pleased he phoned home to tell his Dad, forgetting…
Sun, 02/01/2009 - 03:05
Three in ten Italians are on Facebook but just as many have never heard of it, think tank Eurispes said in its annual report Friday.Almost 54% of the…
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 03:08
A new 'restaurant for pilgrims' is driving Venice prices down by offering cheap, quality lunches to visitors to St Mark's Basilica.The eatery, which a…
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 03:06
The number of immigrant children attending Italian schools has soared 609% in ten years and the majority of them are Muslims, a report from think tank…
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 03:04
Italians are more accepting of gays than in the past but would be more upset if one of their children came out, according to a recent poll from think…
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 03:02
Italian footballers union AIC on Friday announced a 15-minute delay to weekend play to protest a one-year doping ban handed down on two players who sh…
Sat, 01/31/2009 - 03:00
Italy's two entries in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series (LVPS) both lost their opening races in the America's Cup class sailing event on Friday.Luna R…
Fri, 01/30/2009 - 03:43
An exhibition opening here this spring explores the lifelong relationship between this Marche town and the art of its most famous son, Renaissance mas…