London, July 24 : Hundreds of artifacts that were excavated from an ancient Roman villa in the UK around 60 years ago, have gone on display.
Big News Network.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:36 -0400

Washington, July 23 : Instead of feeling blue after her split from Italian businessman Raffaello Folleri, American actress Anne Hathaway was busy belting out karaoke songs.
Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:39 -0400

Islamabad - Two Italian climbers stranded on the world's ninth tallest mountain were airlifted to safety Thursday in Pakistan's Himalayas, an air rescue service spokesman said. Simon Kehrer and Walter...
Earth Times Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:31:15 -0400

London, July 23 : An 1800-year-old Roman bust-dubbed as 'Elvis' due to its striking resemblance to the King of Rock Elvis Presley, is set to go under the hammer in October.
New Kerala Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:20:39 -0400

Italy Foreign Ministry summoned Italian Ambassador to Tehran Roberto Tuscano and informed him of Iran's strong protest concerning arrival of the head of the terrorist group Mojahedin Khalq Organizatio...
IRNA Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:33 -0400

Italy's policy towards immigrants, notably ethnic Romanians, many of them Roma, has come under intense scrutiny since Interior Minister Roberto Maroni declared last month that security forces would fi...
Turkish Daily News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:30 -0400

) July 24, 2008 -- Salvatore will open the first contemporary art installation in a corner of great historical importance dominated by the Benedictine Monastery of Montecassino. Salvatore will in...
PR Web Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:24:48 -0400

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won parliamentary backing for a crime package critics say discriminates against immigrants. Under new laws approved by the Senate, illegal immigrants conv...
BBC Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:38 -0400

A rare, complete set of 30 glass counters for a Roman board game has been set out again, more than 50 years since they were excavated and almost 1,700 years since they went into the tomb with their tw...
The Guardian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:59:12 -0400

ROME – Organizers of a Himalayan climb say bad weather has delayed a helicopter rescue for two Italians descending a mountain in Pakistan following the death of a fellow climber. Fog and rain...
San Diego Union-Tribune Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:10:46 -0400

IT is nearly a decade since Italy's top appeals court caused a furore by ruling that a woman wearing tight jeans cannot by definition be raped or sexually molested because the removal of the garment r...
The Daily Telegraph Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:07:34 -0400

By Tim HippsSpecial to American Forces Press Service LAS VEGAS, July 23, 2008 – Army Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers secured an Olympic berth by defeating U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program teammate ...
Defense Link Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:48:05 -0400

A second-half goal from substitute Fernando Forestieri took Italy into the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final for the first time since 2003 despite a determined effort from Hungary in Plzen.
UEFA Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:43:01 -0400

ROME -- Controversial measures to fight illegal immigration proposed by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right government were set to become law after being approved by the Senate Wed...
Inquirer Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:45:47 -0400

MT. ELGON, 23 July 2008 (IRIN) - Florence Chepkemoi lives in the western district of Mt Elgon. She lost her husband in the land clashes that erupted in September 2006. She talked to IRIN about her exp...
IRIN Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:44:58 -0400

A Roman gravestone which shows a soldier holding the severed head of a barbarian is set to be displayed in Lancashire by the end of the year. The 6ft (1.8m) tombstone was unearthed by builders who ...
BBC Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:25:35 -0400

Italian automaker Fiat on Wednesday said net profit rose by less than 2 percent in the second quarter, as the maker of Fiat, Lancia and the Alfa Romeo brands confirmed its 2008 targets despite pressur...
Examiner Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:19:28 -0400

Italy's top criminal court ruled less than 10 year ago that is was impossible to rape a woman wearing jeans because nobody could forcibly remove a woman's jeans unless she cooperated. That was then, t...
People's Daily Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:22:26 -0400

FLORENCE — Those horrified by theprotrusion of the Stillwater Condominium project above the Siuslaw River bridge have fingered all sorts of culprits. They've tried to recall the mayor. They've had h...
The Register-Guard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:03:52 -0400

Officials in the cities had already begun taking information from the inhabitants with varying methods after the government ordered the census as part of a crack down on street crime, which Italians b...
San Diego Union-Tribune Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:52:05 -0400

Italy's Interior Ministry on Tuesday issued guidelines for a census of the country's Roma population, saying that Gypsies will only be fingerprinted if they don't have a valid identification.The guide...
eTaiwan News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:33:11 -0400

AC Milan has talked with Chelsea about buying Andriy Shevchenko and selling Kaka, but no offer has been tabled.Brazil playmaker Kaka has been linked with a move to the Blues, with his spokesman saying...
eTaiwan News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:32:16 -0400

Riccardo Ricco, a two-stage winner of the Tour de France before being expelled for testing positive for the blood-booster EPO, tried to flee anti-doping officials after the fourth stage.Pierre Bordry,...
eTaiwan News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:32:04 -0400

Italy's Parliament has given its final approval to bitterly contested legislation that grants immunity from prosecution to Italy's top officials, including Premier Silvio Berlusconi.The Senate passed ...
eTaiwan News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:29:39 -0400

ROME – Italy's top criminal court has upheld the sexual assault conviction of a man who argued that the victim's jeans prevented the attack. The court provoked outrage a decade ago by ruling tha...
San Diego Union-Tribune Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:16:00 -0400

ROME (AP) -- Italian police arrested seven people Tuesday in a crackdown on an organized crime group that allegedly tried to buy the Lazio soccer team with laundered money. Three people were still a...
Sporting News Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:16:43 -0400

Rome, 23 July, (Asiantribune.com): The sacred statue of Our Lady of Madhu has reached the Bishop House in Mannar until its eventual journey back to the Madhu Church. It is obvious that efforts by Rev....
Asian Tribune Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:51:02 -0400

ROME - It was less than a decade ago that Italy's top criminal court ruled that it was impossible to rape a woman who was wearing jeans. The court concluded back then that nobody could forcibly remove...
MSNBC Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:08:51 -0400

Rome: Italian consumer confidence slumped in July to the lowest level since the 1993 recession after record food and energy prices eroded purchasing power. The Rome-based Isae Institute's index, calcu...
Gulf News Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:30:13 -0400

LONDON - He led a global superpower, bought popularity with tax cuts and faced a divisive war in Iraq. In many ways, the Roman Emperor Hadrian and his 2,000-year-old world sound familiar. A new ...
C News Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:12:32 -0400

MILAN, Italy - AC Milan has held talks with Chelsea about buying Andriy Shevchenko and selling Kaka, but said no offer has been made. Brazil playmaker Kaka has been linked with a move to the Blues, w...
TSN Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:21:04 -0400

Gianluca Bisol has great expectations for the white sparkling wine his family has been making since 1542 in the Valdobbiadene and Conegliano regions north of Venice. A 22nd-generation producer, he is...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:59:52 -0400

It may be a scorching summer in Italy, but the country's economic clouds are getting grayer. The latest macro data to come out of the boot-shaped Mediterranean country gives further evidence that i...
Forbes Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:56:56 -0400

Offshore staff MILAN, Italy -- Eni has made a gas discover with the Cassiopea 1 well in the Scilian Strait in 560 m (1,837 ft) of water. Gas reserves associated with the discovery are estimated at a...
Offshore Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:40:19 -0400

The loan, "irrespective of how the relevant funds are used, provides Alitalia with an economic advantage it would not have had under normal market conditions, " the commission said in a document pub...
Morning Star Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:38:11 -0400

According to a report by B92, the spa was found during works to reconstruct the parochial seat of the local church of Sv. Prokopije in this southern Serbian town.Roman spas were the equivalent of toda...
New Kerala Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:33:04 -0400

MILAN, N.M. (AP) - A motorcycle crash has killed a 24-year-old man in Milan. State police identify him as 24-year-old Jimmy Perez of Milan. Sergeant Rick Doty says Perez was driving a northbound mot...
ABC 7 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:01:33 -0400

Ryanair says it has won a legal case against Italy's aviation authority, ENAC.The Irish airline is welcoming the decision of an Italian court to overturn ENAC's decision to divert late-night Ryanair f...
Breaking News.ie Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:42:24 -0400

Billowy summer dresses pinned with gold shells and flared trousers from a bygone era of languid glamour dominated Gucci's pre-spring show at a 17th century hilltop villa in designer Frida Giannini's n...
West Australian Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:51:09 -0400

Posted on: Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 00:00 CDT By Peter Popham Italy shamed over photo highlighting growing disquiet over treatment of Gypsies. By Peter Popham It is another balmy weekend on the beach i...
RedOrbit Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:34:00 -0400

The 28-year-old played down reports that his lifestyle in Spain had compromised his fitness. "I have always lived a regular life and I will continue like that. I am in good physical condition,...
World Soccer News Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:10:51 -0400

Appointing Tim Fischer as Australia's first full-time ambassador to the Vatican could cost up to $3 million a year, but more money should be spent on ambassadorial posts, former foreign minister Alexa...
West Australian Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:02:18 -0400

The Italian Olympic Committee performed surprise doping tests on new Tour de France leader Frank Schleck and his CSC team after Sunday's stage, which concluded in Italy.As many as six riders were test...
eTaiwan News Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:46:29 -0400

THE former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer admits he is a less-than-perfect practising Catholic but the retired politician with a fondness for trains has been enlisted to help forge closer politi...
Brsibane Times Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:32:41 -0400

City Hall is banning all those enjoying a Roman holiday this summer from snacking near the sights in Rome's historical center with fines up to $80.
ANS Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:39:23 -0400

Chef Angela Hartnett is about to open another restaurant for Gordon Ramsay. But this time she is going back to her Italian roots for inspiration. Eva Wiseman joins her at home in Spitalfields for a fa...
The Guardian Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:26:05 -0400

Close this ROME -- Doctors treating a four-year-old French girl left in a coma when her father beat her head against a marble Rome monument were unable to say Monday if she would recover. Nicola Piroz...
Inquirer Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:05:35 -0400

Naples — Photographs that depict Italian sunbathers relaxing at the beach despite the nearby presence of the bodies of two Gypsy girls who had drowned, have raised questions about Italian attitud...
General Sources Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:23:21 -0400

Ronaldinho usually wears the number-10 shirt but that is already taken by veteran Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf and Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani revealed that no-one at the club would for...
FIFA Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:10:04 -0400

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 21, 2008) - Further to Velan Inc. (TSX:VLN) press release of June 30th whereby Velan announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with BPS S.r.l. ("BP...
Market Wire Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:06:45 -0400

By Walter Jayawardhana London, 22 July, (Asiantribune.com): The London based Fourth International, affiliated to a small band of Sri Lanka's revolutionary Trotskyite Marxists called Left Front led by...
Asian Tribune Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:03:30 -0400

ROME - Italian rugby union bosses are to bid for the World Cup after requesting candidature documents from the International Rugby Board (IRB), the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) said on its website o...
Khaleej Times Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:51:29 -0400

Italian outrage over photos of sunbathers at a beach where two Gypsy girls drowned Photos showed girls' bodies lying on sand covered in beach towels Newspapers report beach goers eating lunch, sun bat...
Local 10 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:39:30 -0400

Rome - Italy's top appeals court upheld Monday a sexual assault conviction by ruling that "jeans cannot be compared to any type of chastity belt."The Court of Cassation contradicted its own controvers...
Earth Times Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:16:55 -0400

Damascus Chamber of Commerce invites the Italian Commercial Attaches, Diamiano Frankofik tomorrow to review the standing bilateral economic relations between Syria and Italy and ways of boosting them ...
SANA Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:34:54 -0400

ROME — A French tourist beat his 4-year-old daughter's head against the stone base of a Rome monument so hard the child was left in a coma, police said Sunday. Blood still stained the travertine ...
General Sources Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:41:09 -0400

16 July 2008, Rome – The Italian Development Cooperation will make an additional contribution of 14 million euros to the FAO Trust Fund for Food Security and Food Safety, Italian authorities have an...
FAO Newsroom Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:26:43 -0400

TREVISO, Italy, July 20. THE final day of the Italian Championships came to a close at the meet held in Treviso.Mirco Di Tora started the final day of action with a win in the men's 100 back. He t...
Swimming World Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:14:20 -0400

There have been a few news reports recently about Japanese students scrawling their names and other phrases on the wall of a world heritage cathedral in Florence, Italy. But now it has come to light t...
Japan Today Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:34:14 -0400

Italian premier to axe anti-graft watchdog By Guy Dinmore in Rome and Michael Peel in London Published: July 17 2008 22:11 | Last updated: July 17 2008 22:11...
Financial Times Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:09:27 -0400

Vatican, Jun. 30 (CWNews.com) - The head of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has responded to a Vatican message setting forth the conditions that the traditionalist group must meet to achieve reconcil...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:22:52 -0400

London, Jul. 9, 2008 (CWNews.com) - An Anglican bishop has indicated a desire to enter the Catholic Church, and perhaps bring many thousands of faithful with him, after the synod of the Church of Engl...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:23:06 -0400

Vatican, Jun. 27 (CWNews.com) - Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis, Missouri, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to head the Vatican's top canonical court. Archbishop Burke will become the prefect...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:22:49 -0400

QUEBEC CITY, JUNE 22, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is encouraging the faithful to revisit the Second Vatican Council constitution on the liturgy, so as to go deeper in the mystery of faith that is ...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:22:38 -0400

SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 13, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Choosing Sydney as the venue for World Youth Day 2008 was an act of faith on the part of Benedict XVI, and the Archdiocese of Sydney, says a Vatican spok...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:23:12 -0400

Moscow, Jun 25, 2008 (CNA).- The Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported this week that a top official of the Russian Orthodox Church has called the Vatican its most important ally in the task of pro...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:22:45 -0400

Vatican City, Jul 8, 2008 (CNA).- The president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, said this week that the marathon reading of the Bible in which Pope Benedict XVI wi...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:23:03 -0400

Winona, Jun 26, 2008 (CNA).- Bishop Bernard Fellay, the leader of the Society of St. Pius X, has rejected the terms offered by the Vatican for rejoining the Catholic Church. During a homily at one of ...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:22:47 -0400

Federico Hilaire and Cesar Leguizamon scored twice each to give Argentina a 5-2 victory over the United Arab Emirates on Sunday and send it to the quarterfinals of the beach soccer World Cup, while Ru...
eTaiwan News Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:35:10 -0400

SYDNEY -- Pope Benedict XVI on Monday held mass with four Australian victims of sexual abuse by priests and listened to accounts of their ordeals, papal spokesman Father Frederico Lombardi told journa...
Inquirer Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:37:07 -0400

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 20, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican is proposing politics as a form of charity, but affirming that the Church has an essential contribution to make to the political world.Cardinal Re...
EWTN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:22:36 -0400

Italy guaranteed themselves and Portugal a place in the quarter-finals with a comfortable 4-1 reverse of El Salvador. A Paolo Palmacci double, in between strikes from Roberto Pasquali and Simone Feudi...
FIFA Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:32:57 -0400

FILMGOERS have selected The Italian Job as having their favourite car chase. The central pursuit features three Mini Coopers being chased around Turin, Italy, at break-neck speed.
The Scotsman Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:41:56 -0400

Blood still stained the pavement of the Altar of the Nation hours after the girl was beaten late on Saturday night.Bambino Gesu paediatric hospital said she had suffered severe head injuries and was i...
The Scotsman Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:05 -0400

Craig Woodhouse A British schoolgirl who suffered serious injuries when she fell more than 30ft from the window of an Italian hotel had her life saved by a canopy below, hotel staff said last night. ...
The Herald Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:16:00 -0400

(07-20) 07:02 PDT ROME, Italy (AP) -- A man beat his 4-year-old daughter's head against the stone base of a Rome monument in front of tourists and a police officer, leaving the child in a coma, polic...
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:08:12 -0400

ROME - A French tourist beat his 4-year-old daughter's head against the stone base of a Rome monument so hard the child was left in a coma, police said Sunday.Blood still stained the travertine paveme...
MSNBC Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:02:28 -0400

The Pacific Jewish Center, an Orthodox synagogue, on the colorful Venice Beach boardwalk has been at quiet war with the owners of its next door neighbor, Unruly, a purveyor of T-shirts, bathing suits ...
International Herald Tribune Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:55:00 -0400

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Marco Fossati, head of the Findim company that owns 4.5 percent of Telecom Italia SpA, is trying to convince Telefonica SA to bid for the telecommunications operator as its...
Congoo Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:13:18 -0400

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Telecoms operator Telecom Italia SpA and Pirelli & Co SpA, which until last year had a controlling stake in Telecom Italia, said they are injured parties and will constitut...
Congoo Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:13:17 -0400

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Italy's antitrust agency said it is investigating UniCredit SpA, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA and BNP Paribas's Italian unit BNL regarding overd...
Congoo Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:13:16 -0400

Islamabad - Two Italian climbers who have been stranded for the last five days some 7,000 metres high up a Himalayan peak told their rescuers on Sunday that they were expecting to make their way back ...
Earth Times Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:11:04 -0400

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flies to Europe this week to meet leaders in Germany and Italy, woo businessmen and hold talks with Pope Benedict.
Reuters Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:26:59 -0400

The Italian government has arrested over 30 Sri Lankan Tamils from all over the country. These arrests took place after the Tamils participated in the “Pongu Tamil” (Tamil Awakening) rally h...
Green Left Online Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:15:39 -0400