Prodi, Berlusconi won't testify over CIA "kidnap"
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi and his predecessor Silvio Berlusconi will not be called to testify on behalf of Italy's former spy chief, who is accused of helping the CIA kidnap a terrorism suspect, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
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Italy dismisses claims that two female aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been killed.
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq even and condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage as an act
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Italy&#39;s government dismissed reports Wednesday that it paid $1 million to free two Italian aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq and held for three weeks before being released Tuesday.
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The Italian government is signaling it will not press Washington for the extradition of 26 Americans _ mostly CIA agents _ who were indicted in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan, according ...Comment
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Frattini s comments contradict statements made by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who said Tuesday the Italian government won t withdraw troops from Iraq following threats of attack by an armed group that ...
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The United States will refuse any Italian extradition request for CIA agents indicted in the alleged abduction of an Egyptian cleric in Milan, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.Comment
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ROME, Sept 23  - Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims about the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.
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Italy's government dismissed reports Wednesday that it paid $1 million to free two Italian aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq and held for three weeks before being released Tuesday.
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq even and condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage as an act that brings "us back to the dark ages of barbarity." Late Thursday, ...
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with opposition officials Wednesday to plan a response to the kidnapping of two Italian women working in Baghdad.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is confident a court will not convict him on charges of bribing judges. &quot;I don&#39;t think there will be a conviction,&quot; he said at the presentation
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Pope John Paul condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq, denouncing the
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Ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who  lost power in April elections, attacked Italian magistrates on  Wednesday for chasing after CIA agents and Italian spies over  the alleged kidnap of a terrorism suspect.
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on  Saturday to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence  vote to test his majority in parliament, the president's office  said.
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Italy's president refused to sign into law a controversial judicial reform by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government which magistrates said would threaten their independence, the president's office revealed.
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The United States will not meet any  request by Italy to extradite 26 Americans, most thought to be  CIA agents, to stand trial over the kidnapping of a Muslim  cleric, the State Department's legal adviser said on Wednesday.