UN seeks access to Italy migrants
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The UN demands access to hundreds of illegal migrants on Lampedusa as Italy continues to expel them by air.
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Italy begins deporting immigrants directly from the island of Lampedusa, the first port of call for boats from North Africa.
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Foreign Corresp. Italy has pledged to keep sending would-be immigrants back to north Africa after more than 600 arrived in just a few hours on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, south-west of Sicily.
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Italy announced it was ready to ignore EU sanctions against Libya in a bid to ease the increasing numbers of illegal migrants flooding into the country across the Mediterranean.
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The flight of a convicted killer enjoying asylum in France has frustrated Italy&#39;s efforts to bring ex-guerrillas to justice and reopened wounds from an era when the Red Brigades terrorized the country.
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EU interior ministers began talks on  Tuesday on how to deal with illegal migrants stranded at sea  amid what Malta called a &quot;free for all&quot; among member states  about who should take them in.
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Hundreds of migrants from Africa in rickety boats have landed in the last few days on Lampedusa, a tiny Italian island, and the Italian government is responding quickly
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EU interior ministers began talks on Tuesday on how to deal with illegal migrants stranded at sea amid what Malta called a "free for all" among member states about who should take them in.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for talks on how to stop illegal immigrants using the north African state as a springboard for entry into Italy.
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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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THE HAGUE, Sep 29  (IPS) - The EU should establish a system for "orderly  intake and integration of migrants,"  experts recommended at  a conference on European development policy.
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Italy is sending an envoy to the Middle East to work for the release of two women aid workers seized in Iraq.
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ROME : A top Italian official leaves for the Middle East to seek the help of Arab countries to secure the release of two female Italian aid workers taken hostage in Iraq.
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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.
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ITALY&#39;S junior foreign minister, Margherita Boniver, is to travel to the Middle East to seek the support of Arab countries for the release of two Italian female aid workers taken hostage this week in Iraq, the government said tonight.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini will travel to the Middle East in an effort to free two female aid workers taken hostage in Iraq, the ministry has announced.
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An Italian envoy has flown to the Middle East to seek help in securing the release of two female aid workers held hostage in Iraq.