Italian PM's rap video ruffles allies
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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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An erstwhile ally of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Monday dealt his coalition government a potentially fatal blow when he withdrew support, but the premier resisted calls to quit despite losing his Senate majority.
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Paulo di Canio says an apparent facist salute he made was misinterpreted.
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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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A published account of Italyâs malaise has become Topic A in a country that cares a lot about how it is seen abroad.
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Baghdad - Un video datato 2 ottobre Ã¨ arrivato oggi all&#39; AFP, &#39;Agenzia France Press&#39;, con una triste ammissione di morte. Nel video, infatti, un gruppo integralista islamico afferma di aver ucciso &quot;due spie, un turco e un italo-iracheno&quot;.
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The Italian politician who turned the nation&#39;s neo-Fascist party into a mainstream conservative party has become the foreign minister.
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A nativity scene in an Italian city that includes a porn star fleeing death and the new prime minister on a bicycle has outraged Catholic parties.Comment
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (IPS) - The right-wing government of Italian Prime Minister  Silvio Berlusconi has angrily denied charges of racism against  its coalition partners, accusations made in a U.N. report on  xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia released here.
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Premier turco Erdogan condanna videoclip, tolto da Youtube
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Undated picture of the Italian daily La Repubblica special envoy to Afghanistan, Daniele Mastrogiacomo.Comment
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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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Top Shiite politicians failed to reach a consensus Wednesday on their nominee for prime minister, shifting the two-man race to a secret ballot and exposing divisions in the winning alliance. In a chilling reminder of challenges facing the winner, a videotape showed a sobbing Italian hostage pleading for her life.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been slightly injured after a tourist threw a camera tripod at him in a packed Rome square, an official from the prime minister's party says.
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Silvio Berlusconi and his allies moved their battle to regain power in Italy on to new ground after the resignation of prime minister Romano Prodi and the collapse of his centre-left government
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Police say they have defused an explosive device near a Sardinian villa where Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had been entertaining his British counterpart Tony Blair, news reports said.
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La Geo Tv, emittente televisiva privata pachistana, ha trasmesso oggi un nuovo video dei tre funzionari delle Nazioni Unite rapiti a Kabul, nel quale gli ostaggi chiedono di essere rilasciati. La nordirlandese