Health Minister Maurizio Sacconi on Monday described criminal charges of coercion lodged against him by the Italian Radical Party in a right-to-die ca…
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Tue, 01/20/2009 - 03:32
Italy's greatest living mountaineer, Reinhold Messner, came under fire on Monday for suggesting that climbers should not rope themselves together.Givi…
Tue, 01/20/2009 - 03:25
Alitalia stockholders on Monday appointed Air France Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta, KLM Chairman and CEO Peter Hartman and Air France's Executive Vice…
Tue, 01/20/2009 - 03:21
A group of Muslims who prayed in front of the Colosseum during a protest march against the Israeli offensive in Gaza this weekend was accused of threa…
Tue, 01/20/2009 - 03:14
AC Milan fans held their breath Monday as talks on the possible transfer of club idol Kaka to Manchester City appeared to be heading for the wire.Ther…
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 09:19
Pope Benedict XVI will attend a meeting of Rome's city council in March, the Vatican announced Monday.The pope will attend a meeting on March 9 devote…
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 09:14
AC Milan fans left dozens of letters at Kaka's Milan apartment block as protests continued against the prospect of the Brazil star leaving Milan for M…
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 09:10
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the weekend thanked Italian troops for their work as part of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon.''I…
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 09:03
Syria must play ''a positive role'' in resolving the Gaza conflict by persuading hardliners in the militant Islamist group Hamas to keep the peace, It…
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 08:57
Juventus aims to keep nibbling points from Serie A leaders Inter Milan, coach Claudio Ranieri said after a 1-1 draw at Lazio put the Turin club just t…
Sun, 01/18/2009 - 03:08
An Italian-led team has made an important advance on the way to developing a computer based on quantum mechanics.The new research, made by the S3 labo…
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 03:08
Alitalia's seamless transition this week from being a national carrier to a private airline was a ''brilliant'' operation, according to the head of th…
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 03:06
The trial of American student Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher began at a P…
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 03:04
A special airplane will be circling the skies off the northwestern Italian coast in coming days, as the country's first winter census of whales and do…
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 03:03
Argentina coach Diego Maradona praised Inter Milan manager Jose' Mourinho on his return home from a European tour.The Argentina legend said he had ''h…
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 03:02
Juventus will be without winger Mauro Camoranesi and stopper Giorgio Chiellini for Sunday night's match with Lazio at the Olimpico.The pair have not r…
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 03:00
AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday he hoped to be Kaka's coach ''for many more years''.It was up to Milan and Kaka to weigh Man City's reporte…
Fri, 01/16/2009 - 04:02
Caravaggio fans will get a rare opportunity to compare two versions of one of the artist's most famous subjects, Supper At Emmaus, as part of celebrat…
Fri, 01/16/2009 - 03:56
Vatican and Israeli authorities are still working on plans for a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the Holy Land, a representative from the Israeli touris…
Fri, 01/16/2009 - 03:49
A total of 77 national and foreign newspapers and television channels are gearing up to cover the trial of the two remaining suspects in the murder of…