Spanish PM says he’s focused on euro, Spain’s interests
September 3rd, 2012 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 3 (IANS/EFE) Spain's negotiations within the European Union have focused on measures "that benefit the general interests of the euro and those of Spain at every specific moment" ... Read more...
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Passenger attacks pilot over delayed flight
August 15th, 2012 - 8:15 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 15 (IANS/AKI) An Italian passenger at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport reportedly punched the pilot of his plane to Greece after the flight was delayed for more than ... Read more...
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Italy investigates why ship docked in Kerala (Lead)
February 22nd, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 22 (IANS) Italian authorities are probing why its merchant ship ignored the Italian Navy's objections and docked in Kerala leading to the arrest of two of its marines ... Read more...
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Italy probes why ship docked in India
February 22nd, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 22 (IANS) Authorities here are probing why an Italian ship ignored the Italian Navy's objections and docked in Kerala leading to the arrest of two Marines over the ... Read more...
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Ship’s sinking: Captain refused to coordinate evacuation (Lead)
January 18th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 18 (IANS) A recorded conversation between the captain of a wrecked Italian cruise liner and a port official has revealed that he left the ship before all the ... Read more...
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Five more bodies found on wrecked Italian ship
January 18th, 2012 - 3:26 am ICT by IANS
Moscow/Rome, Jan 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Rescuers found five more bodies Tuesday on the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship, bringing the overall toll to 11, Italy's ANSA news agency said.All the ... Read more...
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Pizza, cappuccino prices in Italy doubled with euro
December 30th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Dec 30 (IANS/AKI) The price for a pizza in Milan has doubled during the ten years since they gave up the lira for the euro currency. A cappuccino also ... Read more...
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Santa Claus is dishonest, says Turkish imam
December 29th, 2011 - 9:45 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Muslim cleric in Turkey has issued a warning to people from the community about Santa Claus, who he described as a "dishonest" person as ... Read more...
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Cash-strapped Italy to free thousands of prisoners
December 15th, 2011 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Dec 15 (IANS/AKI) Thousands of prisoners will be released from prisons across Italy to ease overcrowding and save the cash-strapped country millions of euros. However, the released prisoners will ... Read more...
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Monti to govern till 2013: Berlusconi
November 21st, 2011 - 3:46 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italy's new government led by technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti will govern until the next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2013, former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ... Read more...
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Drug bust at Berlusconi company
November 8th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Nov 8 (IANS/AKI) A Milan office belonging to media tycoon prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset broadcasting empire was raided Tuesday by police who arrested 11 people suspected of drug ... Read more...
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My father won’t quit: Berlusconi’s daughter
October 7th, 2011 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
Milan, Oct 7 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will never quit, declared his daughter Marina Berlusconi."My father absolutely doesn't have to quit and will never quit," she said in ... Read more...
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Abducted Italian journalists freed in Libya (Lead)
August 25th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) Four Italian journalists who were kidnapped in Libya were freed Thursday during a raid on the Tripoli apartment where they were being held by soldiers loyal ... Read more...
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Abducted Italian journalists kept hostage in Tripoli
August 25th, 2011 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The four Italian journalists, who were abducted Wednesday in Libya, have been kept in apartments in southern suburbs of Tripoli, Italy's Consul in Benghazi Guido ... Read more...
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Gaddafi threatens to kill Berlusconi: Italian daily
July 31st, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Rome, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has sworn to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported.According to the newspaper, Berlusconi learned of ... Read more...
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Clooney dismisses romance rumors
July 16th, 2011 - 2:40 am ICT by IANS
London, July 16 (IANS) Hollywood actor George Clooney has rubbished reports that he found new love, calling it "a ridiculous lie".Just a month after splitting from Italian model Elisabetta Canalis, ... Read more...
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Berlusconi’s eldest daughter not interested in politics
May 6th, 2011 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Rome, May 6 (IANS/AKI) The eldest daughter of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has dismissed reports that she was interested in following in the footsteps of her 74-year-old father into ... Read more...
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Berlusconi lawyers say new ‘bunga bunga’ claims are false
April 14th, 2011 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, April 14 (IANS/AKI) Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers have dismissed media reports of allegations by two of the premier's female dinner guests that the groping began at the ... Read more...
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Silvio’s spendthrift lifestyle revealed
March 10th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 10 (IANS) Italy's billionaire prime minister Silvio Berlusconi seems to have lived quite a spendthrift lifestyle as the list of gifts he gave away to his friends and ... Read more...
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Berlusconi ‘may have paid for boob and lip jobs of ‘bunga bunga’ girls’
March 1st, 2011 - 11:11 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar 1 (ANI): Prosecutors in Milan, who accuse Silvio Berlusconi of abuse of office and sleeping with an under-age prostitute, believe that the prime minister paid for cosmetic surgeries of young ... Read more...
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Didn’t arm protesters, Berlusconi tells Gaddafi
February 24th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 24 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has telephoned Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi to deny that Italy had armed anti-government demonstrators with rockets.
According to a statement issued by Berlusconi's ... Read more...
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Berlusconi wins brief respite from sex scandals
February 4th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Feb 4 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won some brief respite from the sex scandals when parliament denied prosecutors' request to search some of his properties.In a much-needed victory for ... Read more...
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Berlusconi’s party gaining support despite sex scandals
January 24th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 24 (ANI): It looks like the latest scandal over Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's riotous private life has done nothing to weaken his supporters' faith in him.A poll was carried ... Read more...
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Two injured in blasts at embassies in Rome (Fourth Lead)
December 24th, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) Police searched embassies and consular offices in Rome after two people were injured in separate parcel bomb blasts Thursday at the Swiss and Chilean missions in the Italian ... Read more...
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Berlusconi’s TV friend gets punched in restaurant brawl
November 26th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): One of Silvio Berlusconi's closest aides was pummelled in one of the city's top restaurants.Emilio Fede, the news director on Mediaset 4, a television channel that is ultimately ... Read more...
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Director Woody Allen defends the French First Lady Carla Bruni
September 14th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Woody Allen, director of the upcoming movie, Midnight in Paris has denounced ongoing speculation that the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy found it difficult ... Read more...
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18 people died in Italy while picking mushrooms
August 30th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 30 (IANS) As many as 18 people died while picking mushrooms in Italy in little more than a week. The deaths took place after victims fell into crevasses and deep ... Read more...
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George Clooney’s girlfriend accused of taking drugs in Italy
July 30th, 2010 - 1:46 am ICT by BNO News
LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) -- George Clooney's girlfriend is accused by a former friend who claims to have seen her taking drugs at a nightclub in Italy, according to Italian ... Read more...
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Media blackout as Italian journalists protest muzzle law
July 9th, 2010 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Rome, July 8 (DPA) Italians are poised to face a dearth of news Friday, after journalists walked off the job Thursday to protest a recording and media muzzle law proposed by the ... Read more...
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Jailed mafia leader wants priest to secure release
April 23rd, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, April 23 (IANS/AKI) An Italian mafia leader, currently in prison, wants a senior cardinal to mediate for his release on compassionate grounds, officials have said.
Toto Riina, 79, who has heart problems, ... Read more...
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At least 7 dead, up to 20 injured in Italian train derailment
April 12th, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by BNO News
MERANO, ITALY (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven people were killed and up to 20 more were injured when a train derailed near the northern Italian town of Merano during Monday's rush ... Read more...
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Now, mathematical formula for celebrity gossip!
April 5th, 2010 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
London, April 5 (IANS) Celebrity gossip on social networking sites such as Facebook spreads rapidly in the manner of a contagious virus, say researchers.
Mathematicians have developed an equation that describes internet ... Read more...
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Showgirl turned dental hygienist defends political appointment by Berlusconi
February 25th, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Nicole Minetti, the glamorous dental hygienist who helped Silvio Berlusconi flash his toothy grin again, has defended Italian Prime Minister's decision of selecting her for regional elections.The 25-year-old ... Read more...
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Prostitutes to use defibrillators to save clients
February 19th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 19 (IANS) Sex workers in Switzerland's Lugano area will be using defibrillators, which deliver a controlled electric shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat, as heart attacks have ... Read more...
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Italian PM’s wife seeks 43 mn euros a year in divorce
November 26th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 26 (IANS/AKI) The wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Veronica Lario, is reported to be seeking 43 million euros a year in divorce proceedings.
Lario, a former actress, announced ... Read more...
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