Italian politicians ease discord, seek to free pair
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Authorities worked to avoid another tragic conclusion to this latest kidnapping, weeks after an Italian freelance journalist was abducted and killed.
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Italy's president is to hold talks with political leaders after PM Romano Prodi's resignation.
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Italy's Romano Prodi is to address MPs on Tuesday as the departure of an ally threatens his ruling coalition.
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Just 24 hours after Silvio Berlusconi escaped a conviction for corruption, one of his closest allies was jailed yesterday for colluding with the Mafia.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi sought support for his teetering government in Parliament on Tuesday and said he would seek votes of confidence in both chambers after a coalition ally withdrew support.
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A free funeral is not everyone&#39;s idea of  a perk but some politicians in northern Italy&#39;s Veneto region  defended Wednesday the right to expense their final send-off  amid a public outcry about freeloading politicians.
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The decision by a Milan court to clear Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of a raft of corruption charges marks the end of a decade-long legal battle and perhaps the beginning of a more peaceful era for Italian politics.
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ROME -- Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as premier and put his center-left government to a new vote of confidence in Parliament, seeking a swift end to the political crisis prompted by the cabinet's resignation days ago.
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ROME, Sep 8  (IPS) - Without being exactly encouraging, the Italian  peace movement had been sympathetic  towards the resistance in  Iraq. Not any more.
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Interior Ministers Giuseppe Pisanu of Italy, left, and Otto Schily of Germany talk after wrapping up informal talks with counterparts from France, Spain and Britain on European coordination in the fight against terrorism and illegal immigration, in
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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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A proposed new media law here could weaken Silvio Berlusconi's long-held lock on Italian television, and in the process help Rupert Murdoch.
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Italian Senate speaker Franco Marini, given the onerous task of building a team capable of carrying out electoral reforms and avoiding immediate polls, resumed crisis talks Friday with political leaders.
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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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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for snap elections and a probable return to power by conservative media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.
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The flight of a convicted killer enjoying asylum in France has frustrated Italy'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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Just off the quaint town square, a pizza shop owner and an employee took a break to banter about politics one recent late-summer day. They did not always agree, but like many others, found common ground on their preference for president &#151; no one yet.