Armstrong hits out at Italian investigation
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Italian police investigating allegations that the six-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong intimidated a key witness in the trial of his trainer on drugs charges have passed a dossier of rider interviews to a prosecutor in Lucca, who will decide
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Italian police involved in a violent raid against anti-globalisation protesters in Genoa in 2001 will face trial.
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Italy&#39;s Prime Minister Romano  Prodi was berated by angry voters on Sunday who want him to  stop the United States expanding an air base near their homes.
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A break-in at Ireland&#39;s equestrian headquarters fueled talk of conspiracy Tuesday following the theft of a doping sample from the Olympic show jumping champion, the country&#39;s only medal winner at the Athens Games.
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The attorney for cyclist Floyd Landis took issue with the international cycling federation for leaking the results of the Tour de France winner's positive "A" sample drug test, saying it breached the organization's own rules.
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(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Oct 13 - The negative opinion expressed by the Civil Liberties Commission of the European Parliament regarding Rocco Buttiglione, is an attack at Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his government.
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In his strongest comments yet, Lance Armstrong said he was unsure if he would ride in next year&#39;s Tour de France because he wants to compete in other cycling races.
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CALA D'OR, Spain  - If six times Tour de France  winner Lance Armstrong decides not to ride this year's event, a  victory in Paris on July 24 would be diminished his German  rival Jan Ullrich said Tuesday.
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Lance Armstrong called it a &quot;witch hunt&quot; from the very beginning, saying a French newspaper used dubious evidence to accuse him of doping &amp;#151; even charging that lab officials mishandled his samples and broke the rules.
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Italy launches an inquiry into claims that former PM's Silvio Berlusconi tried to rig April's general election.
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L'ALPE D'HUEZ  - Seven-times Tour de France winner   Lance Armstrong believes cycling needs the support of its fans   following the doping scandal that prevented this year's   favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso competing.
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Rome - Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims for the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq, but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.
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Rome) An Italian cabinet minister Wednesday launched into a homophobic tirade in response to this weeks rebuke of the country's nominee for the European Union's Commissioner for Justice.
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Italy's police are on trial over events at the Genoa G8 summit in 2001, in which anti-globalisation protesters were hurt. Those activists remain confident.
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Italy's Accident Investigation Board is investigating the circumstances behind a near accident involving a SAS plane last week, Danish Internet newspaper Stand By reports.
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ROME, Sept 23  - Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims about the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.
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ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.