Italy expresses support for Saniora
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi expressed his country's support Saturday for Lebanon's pro-Western Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who has been pressured to resign by hundreds of thousands of Hizbullah supporters ...Comment
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi  rallied support on Wednesday for two confidence votes that will  determine the survival of his centre-left government after the  defection of an ally erased his Senate majority.
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PARIS Paola Di Franco of Rome was speaking for much of Italy on Wednesday when she said that she felt intense joy and relief on learning of the release of the two Italian hostages affectionately known as the &quot;two Simonas.
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Italian athletes will able to campaign for human rights in the run-up to August's Beijing Games, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Tuesday.
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Echoing pledges by the leaders of France and Australia, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi emphasized his county's long-term commitment to Afghanistan in a meeting with President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, the presidential palace said
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Spain and France on Tuesday expressed their support to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, who was accused by US senators of corrupting the UN "Oil-for-Food" program for Iraq.
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Long considered something of a junior partner among Europe's elite nations, Italy is carving out a hefty role in world affairs. Rome is contributing the largest contingent to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, has claimed a role in negotiations with Iran and is rallying European governments around the idea that Italy can form a counterweight to American might.
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Italy's prime minister Romano Prodi, who resigned earlier this week, has won the backing from parties in his ruling coalition to continue in office, his spokesman said on Friday.
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Italian center-left leader Romano Prodi was re-confirmed as premier Friday, after winning a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament.Comment
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&quot;It has been a long time since Italy enjoyed a true and spontaneous feeling of joy, capable of uniting the entire nation,&quot; said the leading daily Corriere della Sera in an editorial.
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The two leaders signed bilateral agreements Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi says Italy favours lifting the EU's 17-year-old ban on arms sales to China.
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DAVID HARDAKER: Celebrations have continued in Italy overnight following the homecoming of the two Italian aid workers who were taken hostage in Iraq three weeks ago.
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WASHINGTON - Le Nazioni unite hanno lanciato un appello ai paesi donatori per raccogliere 130 milioni di dollari. La somma servira&#39; per le necessita&#39; immediate delle popolazioni nello Sri Lanka, in Indonesia
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Days after he was acquitted in a corruption trial, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi got a warm welcome Wednesday from President Bush, who is grateful to Italy as a rare European ally willing to send troops to Iraq.
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ROME - Italy's Romano Prodi is scrambling for support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must win to stay on as prime minister.Prodi resigned last week after suffering an ...Comment
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The Italian press was unusually united last week, offering near-unanimous support for the government&#39;s reported decision to pay a ransom to secure the release of Simona Torretta and Simona Pari, the two hostages held in Baghdad.