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Divers recover 193 bodies off Lampedusa

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6 October 2013

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6 October 2013

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ROME - At least 193 people have died after a boat carrying approximately 500 Eritrean asylum-seekers caught fire and capsized near the island Lampedusa on Thursday, officials said.

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US military installations in Vicenza outrage Italians

ANDREW GARGANO

4 October 2013

ANDREW GARGANO

4 October 2013

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ROME - A large community of Italians in Vicenza has been outraged that the United States continues to expand its military operation in the north-eastern city.

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Italy gives out half of corrupt EU contracts

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4 October 2013

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4 October 2013

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ROME - Italy is responsible for roughly half of the corrupt public contracts in the EU, according to a new report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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Rough sea suspends Lampedusa rescue

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4 October 2013

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4 October 2013

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ROME - The search for missing migrants off Lampedusa was suspended Friday due to rough seas that complicated recovery efforts, the Coast Guard said.

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Senate committee votes to expel Berlusconi

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4 October 2013

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4 October 2013

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ROME - A Senate committee ruled Friday Silvio Berlusconi should be expelled from parliament, sounding the death knell for the magnate's political career.

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Venetian town to destroy historical sites

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3 October 2013

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3 October 2013

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ROME - Plans of urban development have sparked controversy in the Arbizzano area of the Valpolicella town of Negrar.

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Lampedusa tragedy calls attention to Italy's migration dilemma

ANDREW GARGANO

3 October 2013

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3 October 2013

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ROME - Thursday's disaster in Lampedusa has brought further attention to Italy's problem in managing its immigration crisis.

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Lecturers appeal to EU Commission Vice President

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2 October 2013

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2 October 2013

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ROME -The foreign lecturers' union ALLSI has appealed to European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding

EU urges Italy, Cyprus, and Greece to decongest airspace

Gianfranco Nitti

2 October 2013

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2 October 2013

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ROME -- On September 26th, the European Commission requested that Italy, Cyprus, and Greece urgently clarify the measures taken to establish Fu

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Letta wins Senate confidence vote

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1 October 2013

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1 October 2013

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ROME - Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a parliamentary vote of confidence in the Senate Wednesday after Silvio Berlusconi dropped plans to topple the coalition Government.

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Youth unemployment exceeds 40%

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1 October 2013

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1 October 2013

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ROME - New statistics detail that youth unemployment in Italy reached a staggering 40.1 percent for the month of August.

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Enrico Letta to chair XXI Pontignano Conference

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30 September 2013

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30 September 2013

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ROME - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta will join Lord Chris Patten to preside over the XXI Pontignano Conference at the University of Siena on Oct. 4th.

Commission Lettori stand “outrages” MEP

JAN FILIPOWICZ

30 September 2013

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30 September 2013

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ROME–MEP Struan Stevenson slammed Europe's Commission for disregard of Italy's discrimination against UK lecturers - lawyers said Brussels “relinquishes its essential role of overseeing EU law."

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Letta fights to defuse political crisis

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29 September 2013

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29 September 2013

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ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta was meeting with President Napolitano Sunday to try and defuse a political crisis after the resignation of five ministers loyal to Silvio Berlusconi.

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EU letter outrages foreign lecturers

ANDREW GARGANO

27 September 2013

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27 September 2013

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ROME - Foreign lecturers reacted with outrage Friday after the European Commission decided not to start infringement proceedings against Italy for alleged discrimination.

Turkish Ambassador to Italy says cooperation is "successful"

ANDREW GARGANO

27 September 2013

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27 September 2013

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ROME - Turkish Ambassador to Italy, Hakki Akil, opened a conference today by praising cooperation between Sapienza University and Bahçeşehir University.

EU to Italy: You must fix ILVA problem

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27 September 2013

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27 September 2013

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ROME - The European Union has warned Italy that it must guarantee a fix for its troubled steel plant ILVA, or face potential fines, Italian newspaper Corriere del Mezzogiorno reports.

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Barilla tells gays to eat another brand of pasta

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27 September 2013

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27 September 2013

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ROME - Following remarks by Barilla pasta corporation president that the company will never feature gay families in their advertisements, criticism erupted on social media Thursday night.

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Raffaele Sollecito, former boyfriend of Amanda Knox, "will return to Italy soon"

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25 September 2013

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25 September 2013

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ROME - After nearly two years of freedom, Raffaele Sollecito will reappear in court next week to take part in a new appeals trial, Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday.

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Berlusconi opts for social service sentence

ANDREW GARGANO

24 September 2013

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24 September 2013

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ROME-- Silvio Berlusconi has chosen work in the social services as the sentence for his crime of tax fraud in the Mediaset case, Il Messaggero newspaper reported Tuesday.

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Pasta giants join food counterfeiting fight

CHARLOTTE TRUNDLEY

24 September 2013

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24 September 2013

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ROME -- In the fight against food counterfeiting, Italian pasta company Divella has said “new actions are required to defend the Italian industry from Italian sounding.”

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Berlusconi vows to "always be with you" despite senate decision

LAUREN MOUAT

19 September 2013

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19 September 2013

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ROME—Although the senate has taken the first steps toward ousting the ex-prime minister from public office, Silvio Berlusconi has no intention of leaving politics.

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Berlusconi's Fininvest to pay €494 mil in damages

LAUREN MOUAT

18 September 2013

LAUREN MOUAT

18 September 2013

ROME—One day before a Senate meeting that could end his career, Italy's top appeals court has ordered the family holding company of former prime minster Silvio Berlusconi to pay € 494m ($659m) in

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Concordia righted in successful salvage operation

CHARLOTTE TRUNDLEY

17 September 2013

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17 September 2013

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ROME - Twenty months after it ran aground off the coast of Giglio island, the 114,000 ton Costa Concordia is now fully upright, concluding the largest and most expensive salvage operation in his

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