BARI - Ten people were arrested in Bari, Rome, Trani and Lecce for having "induced, favoured, exploited, managed and organized the prostitution of three underage girls" police said.

 In the early hours of the morning, an operation coordinated by the Mobile Team of the Police Headquarters in Bari led to the execution of precautionary measures against four women and six men, accused of exploitation of child prostitution.

 ROME -- Italian Insider will appeal the verdict in a libel case brought by Bocconi University professor Vicenzo Morabito after the Rome Tribunal ordered Insider Editor John Phillips to pay the litigious academic 5,000 euros in advance civil damages over an article describing Morabito's business interests in Calabria.

SORBOLO MEZZANI - The Carabinieri of Parma intervened in a condominium in Sorbolo Mezzani following an assault against a woman, alerted by a passerby.

 A 54-year-old woman was the victim of a brutal attack by her partner and father of their two adult children.

 The man, a 61-year-old inmate who had been imprisoned for several years in the Parma prison, had been granted semi-liberty with the possibility of leaving for varying periods of time to work and meet loved ones, with the obligation to return and spend the night in prison.

  VATICAN CITY -- A priest, dressed in the traditional cassock, was arrested on Sunday morning in the Vatican City after security came across his assortment of illegal weapons. Not content with the usual shield of divine protection, Palkovic defended his actions claiming they were for self-defence. Among his arsenal were a compressed air pistol, two knives, a box cutter, and a screwdriver. The discovery was made by metal detectors at 9 a.m. at the gates used to prefilter visitors to Saint Peter’s Square according to media reports.