Ties with Italy strained
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Despite the angry rhetoric, Ambassador Taccetti said there was no chance of cutting diplomatic ties with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's administration.
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BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia  - Italy urged its European Union partners on Monday to reach out to Serbia in a bid to resolve diplomatic deadlock over its breakaway province of Kosovo.
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Italy makes its bid to qualify for next year's European Championship a lot more difficult Saturday, and England makes it much more likely.
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Correspondents say the vote reveals the fragility of Mr Prodi's coalition The Italian government has lost a key vote in its upper house of parliament on the country's foreign policy.Comment
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi holds crisis talks as the departure of an ally threatens his governing coalition.
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Italy's president consulted with minor parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis, with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an interim government to enact reforms.
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Tony Blair and his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi have been discussing the situation in Iraq during the UK prime minister's holiday.
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Not all that long ago, Italian football aficionados were at the end of their tether, desperately searching for answers. Their conundrum regarded European competition and the continent&#39;s most coveted club prize, the UEFA Champions League.
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The European Union's head office said Thursday member state Italy could find itself in the middle of a trans-Atlantic Boeing-Airbus dispute because of a state-owned company's involvement with the U.S. aircraft producer.
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Strained relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia could prevent the Axum obelisk's return to Ethiopia from Italy.
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On a day when police inspected Turin&#39;s financial records, the IOC urged Italian organizers to sort out their problems soon or risk a crisis of confidence in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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ROME : Italy&#39;s support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe&#39;s justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow to pressure to reshuffle his team.
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Rows over diplomatic and business issues are roiling a longstanding alliance at an uncertain juncture.
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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 reacted with horror Friday at the killing of its hostage in Iraq, while the government insisted it would stay the course in the Middle Eastern country.
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The European Union&#39;s head office said Thursday member state Italy could find itself in the middle of a trans-Atlantic Boeing-Airbus dispute because of a state-owned company&#39;s involvement with the US aircraft producer.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi faces a knife-edge vote of confidence in his leadership, a week after he was forced to resign over a humiliating foreign policy defeat in the Senate.Comment