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Licio Gelli charged with tax fraud, Villa Wanda seized

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10 October 2013

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10 October 2013

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ROME - Italian authorities have charged Licio Gelli with tax fraud for unpaid taxes amounting to €17 million and ordered the seizure of his Arezzo villa.

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Albeisa bottle producers to plant 4,000 trees

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9 October 2013

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9 October 2013

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ROME - Producers of the Albeisa wine bottle have announced that they will plant a forest of 4,000 trees to celebrate 40 years of production.

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Finnish Prime Minister Katainen bound to Rome

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9 October 2013

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9 October 2013

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ROME - The Prime Minister of Finland, Jyrki Katainen, 42, will meet the Prime Minister of Italy, Enrico Letta, in Rome on Monday, October 14th

Napolitano amnesty plea sparks furore

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9 October 2013

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9 October 2013

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ROME - President Giorgio Napolitano has started a storm by urging parliament to amnesty minor offenders in a move seen by many as heralding pardon for Silvio Berlusconi.

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Lampedusa residents protest arrival of Barroso, Letta

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9 October 2013

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9 October 2013

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ROME - A crowd on Lampedusa protested the arrival of European Commission President José Manuele Barroso and Italian Prem

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Pentagon deploys 200 Marines to Sicily

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8 October 2013

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8 October 2013

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ROME - The United States has moved 200 more Marines from Spain to the US naval base in Sigonella, Italy to protect American interests in Libya, diplomatic sources said.

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Silvio Berlusconi's long and bumpy Sunset Boulevard

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8 October 2013

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8 October 2013

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ROME - Last week was a helter-skelter in Italy's politics as Silvio Berlusconi tried to re-establish undisputed leadership over the centre-right and protect himself from the effects of his Augus

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Captain of Lampedusa boat-wreck arrested

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8 October 2013

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ROME - Sicilian authorities have arrested the captain of the boat that sunk off the coast of Lampedusa last Thursday.

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Russian Railways to meet with Italian officials

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - The Russian transport company, Russian Railways, is in Italy to meet with transit officials and to study the country's high velocity (AV) train system.

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Italy offers €300,000 in relief to Pakistan

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - Italy has offered €300,000 to Pakistan in the form of disaster relief following two earthquakes in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

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Officials confirm Italian killed in Madagascar

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - Italian officials have confirmed that a man killed by an angry mob of vigilantes in Madagascar was an Italian citizen who had been accused of organ trafficking.

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Costa Concordia changed route, failed to notify Port Authority

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - Shortly before it ran aground on January 13, 2012, the Costa Concordia changed its route without notifying the Giglio Port A

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Parents of Greenpeace activist urge Italy to act

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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ROME - The parents of 32-year-old Cristian D'Alessandro, the Greenpeace activist accused of piracy in Russia, have called for Italy to join the Netherlands in pursuing legal action against Russia

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Grossman and Rodotá receive Mediterranean culture prize

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7 October 2013

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7 October 2013

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COSENZA—Author David Grossman and Italian politician Stefano Rodotá have received the renowned Prize for Mediterranean Culture among a group of writers, human rights activists, and intellectuals.

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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

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4 October 2013

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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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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

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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

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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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