Italy slips down competitive list while Nordic countries remain ...
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Italy has sunk down the list of the world&#39;s most competitive countries because of bureaucracy, infrastructures and high taxes, a report by the World Economic Forum has revealed.
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Iraq&#39;s surprising Olympic soccer run came up short with a 1-0 loss to Italy in a bronze-medal game that couldn&#39;t escape reminders of violence in the war-torn country.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Sunday accused nations like Britain and Poland of putting national interests ahead of European goals, and said Europe had lost the common spirit to move ahead.
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Switzerland has slipped down another place in the global league of 'most competitive nations', but still ranks in the top ten.
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L&#39;Italia occupa il 47Â° posto al mondo nella classifica della competitivita&#39; del World Economic Forum, dietro anche al Botswana. Nel 2003 era 41esima. La classifica, redatta in base a un sondaggio tra 8.700
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World Cup champion Italy is held to a 1-1 tie by Lithuania during qualifying for the 2008 European Championship while Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands struggle to beat underdog opponents.
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CHISINAU : Italy&#39;s 2006 World Cup campaign gathered momentum despite a scrappy 1-0 win away to Group Five rivals Moldova. The Italians, who failed to reach the knockout stages of Euro 2004, should have had
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Italians have tightened their purse strings since the euro arrived, instead of enjoying the good life.
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By MARTA FALCONI ROME - Imagine a world where Scandinavia produces wines to rival Italy's fabled Chianti region. It could come to just that by the end of the century, experts in Italy warn, if global warming continues unchecked.
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For all of Italyâs outside adoration, the country finds itself in an economic, political and social funk.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The growth of the euro-zone economy slowed in the final quarter of 2004 as Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece each experienced a contraction in output, European Union data showed Tuesday.
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: As power shifts from the old west, it is absurd that the world's economic top table has a seat for Italy but no place for China
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(AGI) - Palermo, 4 set. - Italia e Norvegia sono sull&#39;1-1 alla fine del primo tempo della prima gara valida per qualificazioni ai Mondiali in Germania. Dopo lo shock iniziale del gol subito ad opera di Carew
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TRADITIONALLY dominated by teams from the north, Italy&#39;s Serie A has a strange look about it with no less than three southern clubs in the top six.
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Finland retained its hold at the top of the world's economies in the survey with Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland also in the top 10.
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The Scandinavian nation spends a lot in R&#38;D, which has kept them buoyant. Next: Finland wants to move into clean tech.
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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.