Italians cry out over free funerals for politicians
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A free funeral is not everyone&#39;s idea of  a perk but some politicians in northern Italy&#39;s Veneto region  defended Wednesday the right to expense their final send-off  amid a public outcry about freeloading politicians.
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Italy's prime minister blames "leftist propaganda" after MEPs reject his nominee for EU justice commissioner.
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But Italians are not finding life so sweet these days, according to a recent BBC World Service poll.
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ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.
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About 50,000 mourners paid  tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on  Saturday, an event Prime Minister Romano Prodi said made Italy  &quot;sad but proud&quot; to salute one of opera&#39;s greatest tenors.
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Thousands of Italians gathered  under heavy police guard on Saturday to protest against the  expansion of a U.S. military base that has aroused strong  opposition and divided the center-left government.
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MODENA, Italy  - About 50,000 mourners paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on Saturday, an event Prime Minister Romano Prodi said made Italy "sad but proud" to salute one of opera's greatest tenors.
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(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Oct 13 - The negative opinion expressed by the Civil Liberties Commission of the European Parliament regarding Rocco Buttiglione, is an attack at Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his government.
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Thousands of Italians rallied on Saturday for legal rights for unmarried gay and heterosexual couples while Roman Catholics launched a movement against what many of them consider an attack on the "traditional" ...Comment
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The Italian government on Wednesday sped up parliamentary approval of a law that could overturn the corruption convictions of a close friend of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, sparking fury among opposition politicians.
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Italy&#39;s prime minister has blamed leftists after a European Parliamentary committee rejected his conservative nominee for justice commissioner.
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Italy's Senate library is getting tough on forgetful lawmakers demanding they return books on Adolf Hitler and other subjects that are up to 25 years overdue.
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An Italian comedian&#39;s campaign using a rude word to tell off politicians has won the support of more than 300,000 Italians who signed petitions to sweep away a generation of lawmakers they say are corrupt and ineffective.
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French actress Fanny Ardant angers Italian politicians after calling Red Brigade founder Renato Cucio a "hero".
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Members of Italy's centre-right government want a poet stripped of his senatorship for comparing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to Italy's Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
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Italian papers see MEPs&#39; rejection of Italy&#39;s nominee for European justice commissioner as a national humiliation - but some show a certain understanding for the decision, criticising Rocco Buttiglione&#39;s stance.
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Funerali Raciti oggi a mezzogiorno nel Duomo di Catania