Italy sounds alarm over cocaine use
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Italy is becoming a nation of cocaine users, according to a senior government minister.
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Police in Italy warn of the growth in the number of art works illegally being taken out of the country.
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Italy wants the rest of the Continent to stiffen border patrols and asylum guidelines.
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More cocaine is taken in the UK than in almost every other European Union country, a study finds.
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Travel: Travellers to Italy's north-east urged to protect themselves against deadly tropical virus.
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Britain now tops the Euro-league table for cocaine abuse which has reached levels similar to the US, according to a study published last night.
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As America's appetite for coke fades, Guinea Bissau has become a key transit point for Colombia's narco-traffickers with an eye on the growing European market
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The United States embassy in Rome has warned U.S citizens they may face a health risk in Italy's southern Campania region due to a garbage crisis that has filled streets with piles of rubbish.
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TRENTO - Otto persone arrestate e un ingente quantitativo di droga sequestrato. Questo il bilancio di un&#39;operazione condotta dalla Polizia di Trento che ha sgominato una banda formata da italiani e colombiani, dedita al traffico internazionale di cocaina.
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Illegal immigrants are vulnerable and at risk from those offering help Italian police say they have broken up a gang suspected of kidnapping illegal immigrants and holding them for ransom.Comment
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Smokers and businesses in Italy threaten to defy a ban on smoking in public places  coming into effect on Monday.
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The fact that Italy does not much care for rules is part of the countryâs charm, and part of its malaise.
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Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on Tuesday urged residents of the southern city Naples to help the government stop a turf war between gangs that has claimed124 lives in the past twelve months.
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Airborne nose ajax drives la dolce vita Scientists from Italy's National Research Council (CNR) have discovered an even greater threat to Rome's population than getting run down by a Lambretta: particles of cocaine and marijuana in the atmosphere, centred around the city's Sapienza university.â¦
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Italy's government on Wednesday night raised the prospect of co-ordinated central bank intervention to stabilise the euro, highlighting European Union nervousness about the impact of its rise against the dollar on the eurozone's economic recovery.
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The United States  is concerned about increased production of the drug ecstasy by  Canadian organized crime groups, according to a State  Department report released on Thursday.
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Italy said on Wednesday it faced a "national emergency" as over-development was causing its beaches to shrink at an alarming rate, posing a threat both to nature and to the country's huge holiday trade.