MILAN -- A recent survey has revealed that while levels of trust in governments and other institutions have plummeted in the Eurozone, Italy remains a 'trust neutral' country.

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 WASHINGTON -- Benedict XVI's journey to Cuba was evidently judged by his advisers to be a necessary one, in view of the numerous, long-standing problems the Church faces on that island. But it was

ROME -- Human rights groups have written to NATO and its member states, pressing for information about the whereabouts of military ships that might have been able to prevent the deaths of 63 people

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ROME –- Egypt is at risk of a “major” outbreak of foot and mouth disease according to the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO). The U.N.

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ROME-- The Vatican has publicly condemned the tragic killing of children and teachers in a shooting outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, France.

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ROME -- Italy has closed its embassy to Syria and withdrawn all diplomatic staff from the country.

ROME – Alarming levels of severe hunger have been revealed in Yemen, according to a food security survey carried out by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and the Yemeni Central Statistical

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ROME -- Commonwealth Day was celebrated in the Eternal City with a panel discussion between high profile diplomats and members of the Commonwealth Club of Rome.

  ROME -- Not following the rules is fine as long as you succeed but when an operation fails, especially a military operation where lives are at stake, then there is inevitably a double blame – for

ROME – A video of the murdered Italian hostage, Franco Lamolinara, was shown to his wife just a few days before the military raid led by British and Nigerian special forces which led to his death,

ROME – A US aid worker working with the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Sudan’s western region of Darfur has been kidnapped, sources have told the Sudan Tribune.

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ROME -- American artist Mark Kostabi has donated a painting to be auctioned off in the capital next month to help raise funds for war-devastated Darfur in South Sudan.