Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday called United States President-elect Barack Obama ''tanned''.''Obama is young, handsome and also tanned,…
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Fri, 11/07/2008 - 03:30
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said there are ''no obstacles'' to the transition from the old Alitalia to a new one that will…
Fri, 11/07/2008 - 03:22
MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi will be back behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 car later this month, Ferrari confirmed on Thursday.Sources…
Fri, 11/07/2008 - 03:18
Udinese face the first real test of their bid to join Italian soccer's Big Four at Serie A champions Inter Milan on Sunday.The attacking club from the…
Fri, 11/07/2008 - 03:13
Two-time world cycling champion Paolo Bettini was back on the track Thursday two days after falling and hitting his head at the prestigious Sei Giorni…
Thu, 11/06/2008 - 04:13
Italians are eating more healthily than 30 years ago, Italian food industry federation Federalimentare said Wednesday.The daily intake of calories per…
Thu, 11/06/2008 - 04:03
A Raphael masterpiece once smashed into pieces and buried under centuries of grime has been returned to its original luminous splendour after an inten…
Thu, 11/06/2008 - 03:57
The Vatican on Wednesday returned a precious fragment of the Parthenon frieze to Greece, prompting Culture Minister Michalis Liapis to urge other nati…
Thu, 11/06/2008 - 03:51
Italian politicians joined the rest of the world in hailing the victory of Democrat Barack Obama in the United States presidential elections on Wednes…
Thu, 11/06/2008 - 03:41
Defying a city ordinance against intersection windshield washers, a group of university researchers on Wednesday armed themselves with squeegees to st…
Thu, 11/06/2008 - 03:27
Italy rugby coach Nick Mallett on Wednesday named his squad for Saturday's test match against Australia in Padua, the first of three warm-ups ahead of…
Thu, 11/06/2008 - 03:21
Veteran AC Milan goal-getter Filippo Inzaghi has extended his contract with the Milan club for a year, club sources said Wednesday.Inzaghi, 35, the al…
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 09:45
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday sent his congratulations to United States President-Elect Barack Obama and said his victory was ''an historic occasion'…
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 09:42
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday called the victory of United States President-elect Barack Obama ''a great day''.''For us Italians w…
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 03:57
The Italian 'father' of six teenage fairies that have won the hearts of girls around the globe has set his sights on an older teen market with the cre…
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 03:46
Ministers agreed to give the go-ahead for a Union for the Mediterranean on Tuesday, after hammering out a string of compromises over key stumbling blo…
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 03:37
Venice is stepping up a crusade against dirt, litter and bad manners with a winter campaign of advertising aimed at residents and visitors to the stor…
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 03:26
Two-time world cycling champion Paolo Bettini was taken to hospital Tuesday after a three-man spill at the prestigious Sei Giorni (Six Days) track eve…
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 03:22
Former Lazio defender Sinisa Mihajlovic on Tuesday took up his first coaching position at Bologna, dismissing fears over his inexperience.''I understa…
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 03:16
The head of the Naples-based America's Cup syndicate Mascalzone Latino said on Tuesday that he opposed a compromise proposal advanced by other teams a…