New Italian Minister Sheds Far-Right Image
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Italy on Thursday named a new foreign minister, Gianfranco Fini, who once called Mussolini &quot;the greatest statesman of the century&quot; but who in recent years has worked to redefine
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INCOMING European Security and Justice Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione has inflamed the bitter row over his appointment with a withering criticism of single mothers.
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Italy's prime minister resigned Wednesday after his center-left government Wednesday lost a key foreign policy vote.Comment
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Italy's president will decide on Saturday who should now lead Italy's government after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
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The government on Monday replaced the head of Italy's military intelligence agency, who was under investigation for the alleged CIA abduction of an Egyptian cleric and links to a fake dossier that purported to show Iraq tried to buy uranium ahead of the U.S.-led invasion.
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Riven by deep policy divisions and personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely drubbing if a snap election is called.
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Italian prime minister wins chamber of deputies backing but faces closer decision in senate
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European Parliament Liberal leader Graham Watson joked the crisis surrounding the EU's new executive could be a plot by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to keep his arch-foe in Brussels.
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The Italian president consulted with political leaders Friday in talks on the formation of a new government following the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi's nine-month-old Cabinet.Comment
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Italyâs anti-gay nominee to be the EUâs justice and home affairs commissioner said that he was discriminated against as a Catholic and as a member of Premier Berlusconiâ centre-right government when a European Parliament committee voted against his
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Rocco Buttiglione, the incoming EU commissioner for justice and civil liberties, looks set to cling onto his job despite widespread outrage at his recent right wing comments about sexual diversity and women.
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Italy's disputed candidate for EU justice  and security commissioner, under fire for calling homosexuality  a sin, has said single mothers are "not very good."
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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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OTTAWA -- Conservative deputy leader Peter MacKay raised the hackles of Italian MPs yesterday when he referred to former Public Works minister Alfonso Gagliano as being part of &quot;la familia&quot; -- a common expression for the Mafia.
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Italy&#39;s disputed candidate for EU justice and security commissioner, whose disapproval of homosexuality has created a storm, has hinted that he might be prepared to abandon his new job.
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Fresh from introducing what he described as the world's toughest smoking ban, Italy's health minister is turning his attention to obesity.