Italy's new faces emerge from shadows - slowly
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Her Italian is nearly perfect. Her demeanor is quietly polite. But the sommelier at Il Pagliaccio, a tony restaurant in Rome's historic center, isn't your average Chianti expert.
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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, Jun 6 (IPS) - With the help of a new monthly magazine,  'Yalla Italia' (Come On, Italy), some young  second-generation Egyptian, Moroccan and Tunisian immigrants are  attempting to explore and address the stereotypes considered an  obstacle to their full integration in this predominantly Catholic  European country.
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Ever since Simona Pari and Simona Torretta were abducted in Baghdad three weeks ago, Italians from Sicily to the Alps have been in anguish over the fate of the two 29-year-old aid workers.
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Traditional northern power Juventus is alone atop the Serie A standings after just two rounds, yet the most intriguing stories emerging in Italy so far this season are coming from the soccer-starved south.
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The Slow Food movement builds an ivory tower in Italy to train holistic gastronomes.
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Romano Prodi's victory in a confidence vote has given his center-left government a lease of life but Italy appeared unconvinced on Thursday he can remain prime minister long enough to deliver promised reforms.
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Once home to New York's huge immigrant Italian population and a hot-bed of mafia activity, Little Italy still draws crowds fascinated by mob life.
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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.
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After three weeks of complete silence followed by death claims on two separate Arabic web sites, few in Italy dared hope the two abducted aid workers would resurface from their captivity unharmed and smiling.
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Italy's new immigration minister plans to ease the rules for becoming a legal immigrant.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is aiming to make cooperation with Libya a model for Europe's efforts to stem a tide of illegal immigration from Africa, but further talks are still needed between Tripoli, Rome and the EU to resolve the crisis.
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The flight of a convicted killer enjoying asylum in France has frustrated Italy&#39;s efforts to bring ex-guerrillas to justice and reopened wounds from an era when the Red Brigades terrorized the country.
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Italy's centre-left government injected fresh life into its self-proclaimed reformist mission at the weekend by promising potentially far-reaching changes in the fields of banking and professional services.Comment
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Romano Prodi's center-left government has a new lease on life. But if the past nine months are any indication, his allies will not make it easy for him.
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Italy is defending a tough new policy on illegal immigrants, which has put hundreds of new arrivals from sub-Saharan Africa on planes back to Libya without the opportunity to apply for asylum.
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Italy has begun airlifting migrants back to their point of departure after facilities on its southern outpost were swamped by hundreds of new arrivals.