Italy coming out of Washington's shadow
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Long considered something of a junior partner among Europe's elite nations, Italy is carving out a hefty role in world affairs. Rome is contributing the largest contingent to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, has claimed a role in negotiations with Iran and is rallying European governments around the idea that Italy can form a counterweight to American might.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The resignation of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi underscores the difficulty in Europe of governments trying to support US foreign policy on terror while at the same time pleasing their own publics.
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ROME - Italy's president will decide on Saturday who should now lead the government, leaving acting Prime Minister Romano Prodi in suspense over whether he will be asked to return to power or ...Comment
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Italy should not dismiss the idea of  having its own nuclear power stations, Prime Minister Silvio  Berlusconi said on Thursday, indicating a possible move away  from Italy's traditional anti-nuclear stance.
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ROME, Jan 30 (IPS) - Following the resignation of prime minister Romano  Prodi last week after just 20 months in office, the future of  economic and social reforms due to be implemented by his  centre-left government appears uncertain.
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ROME  - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday welcomed the possibility of President George W Bush&#39;s re-election as the ballot count in the race for the White House went down to the wire.
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Italy&#039;s focus during this World Cup has been unrivaled, perhaps a necessity for players who don&#039;t know what&#039;s coming next.
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WASHINGTON - Sull&#39;Iraq, &#39;&#39;l&#39;Italia ha un&#39;idea molto chara: occorrono delle tappe&#39;&#39;. Lo ha detto il ministro degli esteri italiano Franco Frattini, rispondendo a Washington a domande di giornalisti dopo il
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[Hollywood News]: Washington, Oct 16: Italians might think otherwise, but Robert De Niro definitely has no bad intentions towards Italy even though his recent actions seem to suggest otherwise.
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Italy's military electronics, aircraft and military industries are preparing to take off - boosted by heavy injections of American and Israeli expertise.
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Italy moves a step closer to resolving its pensions crisis, which has been a key political issue.
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Negli Usa, sull&#8217;onda della sfida tra Obama e Hillary, cresce il numero di quei dipendenti che parlano di politica in ufficio. In Italia invece si oscilla tra disincanto e indifferenza. E si parla soprattutto di problemi e gossip in azienda, di sport e televisione
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Palazzo Chigi in Rome in April 2006.Comment
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Ties among Italy, the US and Latin America are strengthening with creation of an Italian-Latin American Studies Center in Coral Gables.
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Itâs somewhat of a mystery why the Italian fashion industry continues to putter along while China, Eastern Europe, India and even France go whizzing past.
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Culture, etc. The Bush administration yesterday gave Italy the benefit of the doubt amid reports that Rome had paid a terrorist group in Iraq a $1 million ransom to secure the release of two Italian hostages.
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But Italians are not finding life so sweet these days, according to a recent BBC World Service poll.