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ROME—He burst onto the scene after a corruption scandal as the face of “new” politics, the successful businessman who would introduce private sector efficiency to a bloated state bureaucracy and sh

ROME -- Respected economist and life senator Mario Monti received a mandate Sunday from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to form a new Government, the Quirinal Palace said.

 ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived at the Quirinal Palace Saturday and at last presented his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano after defections from his coalition e

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 ROME -- For the oncologist, a cancer can be fascinating – for the patient, rather less.

By MARC MEWSHAW

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ROME -- 'Ndrangheta boss Sebastiano Pelle was arrested last night after 16 years on the run.

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ROME -- The Roman branch of The Samaritans needs urgent help in order for the charity to continue supporting those in need of emotional assistance.

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 ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi has announced that he will resign once ecnonomic reforms are approved.

 ROME -- Silvio Berlusconi’s demise is imminent. It might happen today when the Chamber votes on last year’s budget statement.

 Lele Luzzati’s picture of the she-wolf playing with children of different colours while looking after her foundlings is a perfect image of an Italy we hope is

By ALYX BARKER

ROME -- Once upon a time in a republic far, far away, every year or so the natives went through a fascinating, time consuming and very baroque rite to decide which of a restricted group of tribal e

ROME -- As always, Giannelli is sharp and elegant and this time prescient.

 NEW YORK -- A month after the acquittal of Amanda Knox, Americans still question whether she was a sex crazed murderer or the victim of a torturous legal system.

 AREZZO -- Giorgio Vasari is not as colourful as more turbulent artists but has another kind of interest.  His greatest success came eventually not as a visual artist but as a writer: his Lives

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ROME -- The Italian Government between an Irresistible Force and an Immoveable Object.

By SOPHIE INGE

ROME -- After the success of the major exhibition dedicated to 15th century Rome, the Fondazione Roma offers a fascinating retrospective on the Eternal City in the 16th century.

 By ALYX BARKER