Italy end Iraq medal hopes
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Alberto Gilardino headed the only goal as Italy won the bronze medal and ended Iraq&#39;s spectacular run of success in the men&#39;s football tournament.
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An Italian court on Thursday dropped a murder trial against a U.S. soldier who killed an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq for lack of jurisdiction, removing a thorn from relations between Rome and Washington.
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Britain said Monday it expects to withdraw thousands of its 7,000 military personnel from Iraq by the end of next year, while Poland and Italy announced the impending withdrawal of their remaining troops.Comment
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ATHENS, 22 August - Shooters from China and Italy have won the last gold medals in shooting events at the 2004 Olympic Games. The Men&#39;s 50m Rifle 3 Positions final finished in high drama as China&#39;s JIA Zhanbo
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Italy&#39;s Alberto Gilardino scored the game&#39;s only goal in the eighth minute Friday, ending the Iraqis&#39; incredible run in the Olympic tournament and their hopes of winning their nation&#39;s first medal since 1960.
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The recently crowned European Champions are out of the running for a medal in men&#39;s soccer. In the group rounds, Greece lost to Mexico 2:3 and watched as its favorite sons had to give up a chance for a gold to teams like Mali, South Korea, Iraq and ...
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ROME - Italy&#39;s prime minister vowed his country&#39;s troops would not leave Iraq, as the country mourned the slaying of an Italian journalist.
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Italy beats Iraq 1-0 to take the Olympic football bronze, a day after an Italian journalist's death in Iraq.
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killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq. employers in Italy said they had not given up hope.
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Iraqi and Italian soccer players planned to wear black armbands on their uniforms during their Olympic bronze medal game Friday in honor of an Italian journalist killed in Iraq.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was to leave for the Middle East, as Rome pressed on with efforts to win the release of two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq, his ministry said.
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The Italian Government has halted its controversial expulsion policy after being widely criticised for sending plane-loads of illegal immigrants to Libya this week.
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ROME, Jan 25 (IPS) - Fifty-six percent of Italians want Italian soldiers  to leave Afghanistan, according to an opinion poll commissioned  by the daily news online La Repubblica.
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An Italian court dropped on Thursday a murder trial against a U.S. soldier who killed an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq on the grounds it did not have jurisdiction, removing a thorn from relations between Rome and Washington.
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Militants in Iraq had threatened to kill Baldoni if Italy did not withdraw its troops from Iraq. An Al-Jazeera spokesman says the Pan-Arab station declined to show the video out of sensitivity to its viewers.
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Italian soccer players wore black armbands on their uniforms during the Olympic bronze-medal game against Iraq on Friday in honor of an Italian journalist killed by Iraqi militants.
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Italian forces ended their mission in   Iraq on Thursday, handing over the southern province they   patrol to Iraqis, while the United Nations said the country has   become deadlier than ever.