Furor in Italy Over Scrapping of Christmas Play
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An Italian school's substitution of a Nativity play with Little Red Riding Hood so as not to offend Muslim children has raised the Vatican's ire and sparked debate on how much traditions should change to accommodate immigrants.
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A plan to split ItalyÂs largest phone company into separate mobile and fixed-line units has led to a political slugfest.
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The EU Commissioner-designate under fire for making disparaging remarks about homosexuals and single mothers is back on Italy's front pages.
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CHRUCH leaders united today to condemn a Christmas nativity tableau depicting pop star Kylie Minogue as an angel at the birth of Christ.
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A controversial Italian politician has created a furore by making remarks critical of single mothers. Rocco Buttiglione, who has been proposed as the European Union&#39;s new Justice Commissioner, has been quoted
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A cultural summit has been hastily scheduled in the wake of religious protests that led to the cancellation of a play at the Birmingham Rep. Theatre.
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Italy and Croatia trade accusations over a war-time massacre of Italians by Yugoslav communists.
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A pseudo-rap video starring Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi -- without his consent -- is infuriating allies who say the song degrades the government and should be stripped from state airwaves.
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Stadiums which fail to adopt tougher anti-hooliganism measures could be banned from staging matches next season, Italy's top sporting body said on Sunday following the death of a policeman on Friday.
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Critics and fans are split on the end of the long-running US television drama The Sopranos.
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The Berlin opera house widely criticized for withdrawing a production amid fears it might provoke violence from Muslims may consider re-staging the opera if it receives security assurances.
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Italian officials debate the future of football as Sicily prepares the funeral of policeman who died during riots.
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Italian state television has exhumed old hatred between the political right and left in Italy with the dramatization of a World War II massacre that was banished from the history books.
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PARIS A religious - or &quot;cultural&quot; - issue has wrecked the new European Commission&#39;s bid to do business in the European Union the way it has been done until now.
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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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Christmas on the island of Sicily, New Year&#39;s eve at the bay of Naples. Italy mapped out Tuesday a two-month-long journey for the 2006 Winter Olympics torch, which will cross
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Recalling the horror the nation felt when its first hostage was killed in Iraq, word that a second Italian hostage was slain brought condemnation from the pope Friday and fueled debate over Italy's role in the war-torn country.