Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has rejected "shocking accusations" from an inquiry linking him to a alleged prostitution ring.
Mirco Bergamasco kicked Italy to a first Six Nations victory over France on Saturday, scoring 17 points in a surprise 22-21 victory.
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/ 28 February 2011
A tax fraud trial involving Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resumed on Monday in his absence in the first of a series of his legal battles.
The prostitution trial is the most dangerous yet in Berlusconi’s teflon-coated history.
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/ 16 February 2011
AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso admitted he had lost his head after he head-butted Tottenham assistant manager Joe Jordan after the final whistle.
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/ 16 February 2011
The gender gap in Italy is not just Sylvio Berlusconi’s fault — sexism is deeply entrenched. Now a million people have said basta!
Tottenham shocked seven-times European champions AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro on Tuesday with Peter Crouch firing the only goal on the night.
An Italian judge ordered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday to stand trial on charges of paying for sex with an underage girl.
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/ 14 February 2011
Thousands join marches for respect and values in country with gender gap worse than Kazakhstan’s.
Prosecutors will request on Wednesday an immediate trial for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is accused of paying for sex with an underage girl.
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/ 5 February 2011
Silvio Berlusconi still has plenty of political clout even as he braces for a bruising week in which judges are set to request he stand trial.
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/ 4 February 2011
Global food prices tracked by a UN agency hit their highest level on record in January, a problem set to worsen after a massive snowstorm in the US.
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/ 22 January 2011
Officials must "rediscover moral roots", says pontiff, as Italian prime minister digs in amid growing evidence of sexual misconduct.
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/ 14 January 2011
Italy’s prime minister faces a prostitution investigation in Milan over a teenage nightclub dancer who attended parties at his private residence.
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/ 27 December 2010
A parcel bomb was found at the Greek embassy in Rome on Monday, police said, just days after two explosive packages went off at two other embassies.
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/ 24 December 2010
Rome was on high alert on Christmas Eve after parcel bomb blasts at the Chilean and Swiss embassies in the Italian capital.
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/ 14 December 2010
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a confidence motion in the Senate as expected on Tuesday.
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/ 13 December 2010
Premier Silvio Berlusconi urged lawmakers to support him in looming no-confidence votes, saying bringing down his government would be ‘folly’.
Amanda Knox, who is convicted of killing her British flatmate, has made a tearful court appearance in Italy, pleading for her freedom.
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/ 6 December 2010
An Italian fishing trawler on Monday found the bodies of two United States balloonists who went missing over the Mediterranean in September.
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/ 13 November 2010
Argentina proved too strong for Italy on Saturday by holding off a late fightback to win 22-16 in the first of their November internationals.
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/ 11 November 2010
Dino De Laurentiis, producer of some of Italy’s best-known films has died in Los Angeles, aged 91, Italian media reported on Thursday.
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/ 11 November 2010
Dino De Laurentiis, producer of some of Italy’s best-known films has died in Los Angeles aged 91, Italian media reported on Thursday.
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/ 15 October 2010
Celebrities and government officials called on Friday for urgent collective action to eradicate world hunger.
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/ 13 October 2010
Tuesday’s Euro qualifiers brought drama on and off the pitch on a night on which Italy’s match against Serbia was postponed owing to crowd trouble.
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/ 11 October 2010
The United Nations food agency, the FAO, opened high-level talks in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling food insecurity and price shocks.
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/ 13 September 2010
Italian GP winner Fernando Alonso has warned Ferrari they will need to find consistency for the title run-in if they want this season to end in glory.
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/ 9 September 2010
Spaniard Fernando Alonso insists that his Ferrari team have ironed out the issues that impeded them in Belgium two weeks ago.
There are frightening parallels but ultimately the buck stops with the people.
Women’s 800m world champion Caster Semenya flopped in Italy on Tuesday as she only finished seventh in a below-par field.
Ghana international Kevin-Prince Boateng joined Genoa from Portsmouth on Wednesday before immediately signing for AC Milan on loan.
Italian police seized a rare albino python in Rome on Wednesday in a raid on a group of drug-traffickers.