Italy foils 'arms for Iraq plot'
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A gang that had intended to smuggle weapons to Iraq has been broken up, Italian police say.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with opposition officials Wednesday to plan a response to the kidnapping of two Italian women working in Baghdad.
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An online statement purportedly from an Islamic militant group threatened the Netherlands and Italy with "bloodbaths" if they do not withdraw their troops from Iraq.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said that his country would keep its troops in Afghanistan, at the end of a day in which his foreign minister had attacked some allied states for interfering in the decision.
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A statement released Sunday in the name of an al-Qaida-linked group said the Italian government has "dug its grave by its own hands" after it ignored a warning to withdraw its troops from Iraq by Aug. 15.
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Italy's government insisted Tuesday it will keep its troops in Iraq despite a demand by militants holding an Italian journalist hostage that Italian forces pull out within 48 hours.
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Description: The kidnapping of two Italian aid workers in Iraq has united their home country. The women were both known as opponents of the Iraq war.
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ROMA - Il ministro della Difesa Antonio Martino non esclude &quot;la riduzione del contingente italiano in Iraq nel 2005, dopo le elezioni. &quot;Ci sono oltre 100.000 tra poliziotti e soldati iracheni - ha spiegato
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Italy's defense minister said Saturday coalition forces in Iraq can be "gradually" reduced after the January elections if Iraqi troops and police can stabilize the country.
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Italy said it had no information which could confirm the execution of two Italian hostages held in Iraq, sources close to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi cited by ANSA news agency said.
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Syria on Thursday rejected Iraqi accusations that it and Iran were supporting al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Iraq. Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan said Wednesday that Iranian and Syrian intelligence agents
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Syria on Thursday rejected Iraqi accusations that it and Iran were supporting al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Iraq. The comments from the Syrian Foreign Ministry came a day after Iraqi Defense
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Italy's La Repubblica newspaper has rejected accusations by the kidnappers of its correspondent in Afghanistan that the journalist was a spy.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will ease into the Italian leg of his summer holiday today - ' despite threats by Islamic terrorists to target the country over its role in Iraq.
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The Italian government rejects accusations that it is illegally aiding the Alitalia airline, a matter the European Commission is investigating.
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Italy has raised the stakes in a spat with the United States over the killing by a U.S. soldier of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, saying Washington must set things right by assuming responsibility for the death.
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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.