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ROME -- Italy has closed its embassy to Syria and withdrawn all diplomatic staff from the country.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

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.

ROME -- Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has summoned the Indian Ambassador to the Ministry following the Indian court decision yesterday to place two Italian marines in jail.

ROME -- Four months after the kidnap of Sardinian aid worker Rossella Urru in Algeria, hopes for her release have been nourished by persistent reports of a negotiation between Al-Qaeda and the Alge

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ROME --The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) have joined forces to help combat a disease that is killing African

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ROME– The Costa Allegra reached Port Victoria, Mahé Thursday morning after three days adrift at sea.

ROME -- An investigation by Indian magistrates into suspected corruption in multi-million euro defence and aviation deals between India and Italy is expected to complicate the plight of two Italian

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By ALYX BARKER

ROME -- Italy has been ordered to pay 360,000 euros to Eritrean and Somali migrants for deporting them back to Libya, violating their human rights.

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ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti reaffirmed support for the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), pledging a 10 percent increase in donations to the agency, despite I

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ROME -- Pierre Sarkozy, 26-year-old son of French President Nicholas Sarkozy and first wife Marie Dominique Culiole, made his DJ debut in Italy over the weekend. 

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ROME -- Italy has sent a senior envoy to India as Italian marines face murder charges for killing two fisherman they mistook for pirates.