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Sun, 10/26/2008 - 04:00
Italian food police are upping the fight against adulterated olive oil sold as the real thing.A handpicked group of the Carabinieri elite NAS food sec…
Sat, 10/25/2008 - 03:12
A new show on ''the Malibu of Ancient Rome'' has opened its doors in Washington's National Gallery of Art.Entitled 'Pompeii And The Roman Villa', the…
Sat, 10/25/2008 - 03:10
World famous sculptor Mario Ceroli on Thursday night ended a protest in Siena after spending two days chained to one of his sculptures that is current…
Sat, 10/25/2008 - 03:09
Changes to Italy's bankruptcy laws adopted last August were definitively adopted by the Senate on Friday just three days before a decree containing th…
Sat, 10/25/2008 - 03:08
French authorities investigating an Italian military helicopter crash near Strasbourg in which eight people died said Friday that a technical fault or…
Sat, 10/25/2008 - 03:04
Italy and the rest of the European Union will go off daylight savings time this weekend.Italians will set the clock back sixty minutes at 0300 Sunday,…
Sat, 10/25/2008 - 03:02
Italian police on Friday received a brand new Lamborghini Gallardo to replace the one they have been using since 2004 to chase down speeders on the na…
Sat, 10/25/2008 - 03:00
The whole of Catania celebrated Thursday night with cavalcades of cars and cascades of sparkling wine after someone in the Sicilian city landed a Supe…
Fri, 10/24/2008 - 04:09
An exhibition charting the visionary voyages of pioneering video artist Bill Viola has gone on show in Rome.Palazzo delle Esposizioni is hosting the e…
Fri, 10/24/2008 - 04:05
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday denied having threatened to send in police to break up student sit-ins in the wake of nationwide protest…
Fri, 10/24/2008 - 04:01
France has told Italy that the recent controversial refusal to extradite ex-terrorist Marina Petrella was an ''exceptional'' case which will not be re…
Fri, 10/24/2008 - 03:51
An Italian military helicopter crashed near Strasbourg in eastern France on Thursday, killing all eight people on board.The HH-3F Agusta Bell helicopt…
Fri, 10/24/2008 - 03:49
The controversy over Pius XII regards his wartime role and not his beatification, Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Mordechai Lewy told ANSA Thursday…
Fri, 10/24/2008 - 03:39
Rescue workers on Thursday were continuing a massive clean-up operation in and around the Sardinian capital of Cagliari after heavy flooding on Wednes…
Fri, 10/24/2008 - 03:36
An injury crisis has hit Juventus ahead of Saturday night's derby against Torino.The Turin giants will be without seven men including Italy goalie Gia…
Thu, 10/23/2008 - 03:57
The Lazio region is celebrating its ancient forebears with a major new exhibition devoted to its four best-known Etruscan settlements.The exhibition a…
Thu, 10/23/2008 - 03:48
Italian tenor Gianni Raimondi has died, La Scala said Wednesday.La Scala called Raimondi, who accompanied Maria Callas more than any other tenor, ''on…
Thu, 10/23/2008 - 03:45
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday he would send in police to break up sit-ins by students at schools and universities as a second day o…
Thu, 10/23/2008 - 03:38
The death toll from floods caused by heavy rain in and around the Sardinian capital of Cagliari rose to three on Wednesday after police found the body…