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- Hu leaves for G8 dialogue, visits Italy
BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing Sunday for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) and five emerging economies (China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico) from July 8 to 10 in L'Aquila, Italy, at the invitation of
- Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in Italy?
Anti-G8 demonstrators clashed briefly with Italian police on Saturday in the first big protest ahead of next week's summit of the world's richest nations. Police in riot gear fired teargas at protesters to prevent them from crossing a bridge and moving
- Police, protesters clash ahead of G8 in Italy
Print E-mail VICENZA - Police and protesters clashed Saturday at a demonstration against plans for the expansion of a US military base in Vicenza in northern Italy, local media reports said. Protesters threw stones at riot police, who responded with tear
- Six cops hurt at Italian anti-US rally
Protesters have demonstrated against a US military base in Italy on Independence Day. More world news: Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Jul 05, 2009 Six policemen have
- AU decision lets Bashir travel in Africa: Sudan
Reuters/Khartoum The president is free to travel anywhere in Africa, including those countries that have ratified the ICC?s Rome statuteSudan said yesterday its president was free to travel across Africa after heads of state of the African Union voted
- 109 new A/H1N1 cases confirmed in Europe
STOCKHOLM, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A European health agency said Sunday that 109 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, 25 were confirmed in Greece, 16 in Italy, 12 respectively in Ireland and
- Paris, Barcelona and Rome after dark
18:00 Follow the hedonistic laughter wafting from behind Parliament (ironically) and you?ll see a door shrouded in creeper. Inside, the walls may be lined with books, but make no mistake: Salotto 42 is one of the hippest bars in town. Join the stylish
- 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
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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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