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Film blocked in Italy during election campaign
Producers of a documentary that takes a sharply critical view of the political, economic and social trends in Italy in recent decades are protesting ...
Italy looks to beat France again in Six Nations
The shockwaves from Italy's first win over France in the Six Nations two years ago will reverberate around a sold-out Stadio Olimpico on Sunday.
Lazio fined $190K for fans' racist abuse
Lazio has avoided being ordered by UEFA to play a Europa League match in an empty stadium despite a third conviction for racist abuse by fans this ...
Lazio beats Juventus to reach Italian Cup final
Lazio beat Juventus 2-1 following a dramatic finale on Tuesday to reach the Italian Cup final with a 3-2 victory on aggregate. The game was heading ...
Judge awards $1 billion-plus to terrorism victims
A federal judge has awarded more than $1 billion each to 26 victims — including estates and family members — of the deadly 1985 terrorist attacks on ...
Italian court: Missile caused 1980 plane crash
Italy's top criminal court has ruled there is "abundantly" clear evidence that a stray missile caused an Italian passenger jet to crash into the ...
Rome's Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 million facelift
Rome's 18th-century Trevi Fountain, famed as a setting for the film "La Dolce Vita," is getting a €2.18 million ($2.9 million) restoration courtesy ...
Probe sought over Berlusconi's praise of Mussolini
An Italian political candidate has asked prosecutors to investigate former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly defending fascism after the media ...
UN: Syrian agriculture industry badly damaged
A U.N. report says 22 months of war in Syria have left the country's agriculture "in tatters," with cereal, fruit and vegetable production down ...
Old Armstrong foe Simeoni unmoved by admission
Few cyclists were more bullied by Lance Armstrong than Filippo Simeoni. The now-retired Italian rider was completely marginalized from the sport after ...
Queen, husband to visit Rome for 2 days in March
Royal officials in Britain say Queen Elizabeth II will be visiting Rome for two days in March. Buckingham Palace says the monarch will be making the ...
Fight against match-fixing 'will never finish'
The fight against match-fixing in football "will never finish," Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said Thursday at a two-day conference on ...
Pentagon chief Panetta meets Pope Benedict
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the leader of the world's largest military, met Pope Benedict XVI, the world's best known advocate for peace, at ...
Abete re-elected as Italian football president
Giancarlo Abete has been re-elected as president of the Italian Football Federation. The outcome was widely expected as Abete, who has been in charge ...
Italy consul in Benghazi fired on, not injured
Militants opened fire on the car of the Italian consul in the Libyan city of Benghazi, but he wasn't injured, officials in Rome and Libya said ...
UN says food prices drop again
A U.N. agency plays down fears of a looming world food crisis as international coordination and flagging demand have led to a drop in food prices for ...
Berlusconi rips magistrates over divorce deal
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has infuriated Italy's legal establishment by blasting a group of female magistrates as "feminist" and "communist" ...
Before vote, CONI president Petrucci bids farewell
Gianni Petrucci is leaving as president of the Italian Olympic Committee after 14 years and four terms. Three candidates are bidding to succeed ...
Italy hopes for rapid conclusion to marine case
Italy's foreign minister says two marines being held in India since February for the deaths of two fishermen exhibited "great personal credibility" ...
UEFA charges Lazio over alleged fan racist abuse
UEFA charged Lazio on Monday with "alleged racist behavior" by its fans, who are accused of chanting anti-Semitic abuse at Tottenham during a Europa ...
Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome
Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping ...
Berlusconi criticizes Monti's campaign about-face
Ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi sharply criticized the decision by Mario Monti to run in Italy's general elections and vowed Saturday to launch a ...
Correction: Vatican-Christmas Shopping story
In a story Dec. 23 about the Vatican's tax-free department store, The Associated Press erroneously reported that online cigar retailer www.