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- Police and anti-US protestors clash ahead of G8 in Italy
Vicenza, Italy - Police and protestors clashed Saturday at a demonstration against plans for the expansion of a US military base in Vicenza in northern Italy, local media reports said. Protestors pelted threw stones at riot police, who responded with
- Italy suspends use of US firm's railcars after deadly inferno
Revising the casualty toll, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said the number of dead now stood at 19 following the death of a badly-burned woman. Twenty-five others were injured, 11 seriously. Rome -- Italy's national rail safety agency suspended the use
- Max Lawson: Italy's record on foreign aid is immoral
Never mind Berlusconi's antics with young women. In slashing overseas aid, he has forgotten all about Making Poverty History Close Like Gordon Brown before him, Silvio Berlusconi will be hoping for a boost to his poll ratings when he hosts world leaders
- Wizz Air announces Bratislava-Rome service
Wizz Air is to enter the Slovakian market by operating flights between Bratislava and Rome four times a week initially, beginning on 20 September. 'Slovakia has always been on our horizon. We believe that now is the time to step up and benefit from the
- 6 police hurt in Italy clash
VICENZA - SIX policemen were hurt in clashes late on Saturday with demonstrators at a rally of more than 3,000 people against the US$500-million (S$728 million) enlargement of a US military base in Italy, police said. Some 300 youths, wearing helmets and
- Clashes at Italian anti-US demonstration
Protesters have pelted riot police with rocks during an American Independence Day demonstration against the $US500 million ($A632.27 million) enlargement of a US military base in Italy. An AFP photographer says youths among hundreds leading a march on
- Italy: Fresh quakes cause panic ahead of G8 meeting
(AKI) - Two earthquakes struck the region of Abruzzo in central Italy early on Friday, only days before the summit of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations is due to be held there. The first quake occurred at 3:14 am local time and had a
- Italy: Migrants 'afraid to seek medical care' due to new laws
(AKI) - Many immigrants are afraid to seek medical care in Italy because they fear they will be expelled from the country, according to a survey by the Italian-based human rights group EveryOne. The group's survey was released on Thursday as the Italian
- Italy: Illegal immigration becomes a crime
(AKI) - Italy's upper house of parliament on Thursday voted into law a controversial security bill making illegal immigration a punishable offence. The law also allows citizen anti-crime patrols in towns and cities and triples the amount of time illegal
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Italy became a nation-state belatedly - in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula and Sicily were united under King Victor Emmanuel. The Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini that took over after World War I led to a disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany and Italian defeat in World War II. Revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC) and joined the growing political and economic unification of Western Europe, including the introduction of the euro in 1999.
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