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Fiat plans to launch 17 new cars in Europe by 2016
While European competitors close factories and get government bailouts, Italian carmaker Fiat is banking on its under-exposed luxury brands to put ...
Regional elections foretell turmoil in Italy
Italy risks heading into political turmoil after a regional election showed a huge level of voter distrust in mainstream political parties, a result ...
European 'Borgia' drama proves a worldwide hit
Who doesn't love a wealthy family's bloody saga? The Italian economy may be struggling but the pan-European television series "Borgia," which is now ...
Boy's miracle cure makes Native American saint
Jake Finkbonner was so close to death after flesh-eating bacteria infected him through a cut on his lip that his parents had last rites performed and ...
UN says world hungry not 1 billion after all
The United Nations said Tuesday its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was off-target and that the ...
Italian business greets prospect of 2nd Monti term
Italian business and church leaders on Friday warmed to the prospect that Premier Mario Monti might stay on for a second term, while politicians ...
Vatican paper weighs on 'Jesus' Wife' scrap: fake
The Vatican newspaper has added to the doubts surrounding Harvard University's claim that a 4th century Coptic papyrus fragment showed that some early ...
In Europe crisis, connection culture stifles youth
Maria Adele Carrai has two master's degrees from Italian universities in economics and Asian languages and is now earning her Ph.D. in international ...
Italy, Greece insist on safeguarding eurozone
The leaders of Italy and Greece are insisting on the "absolute need" to preserve the eurozone, as Greek politicians struggle to put together an ...
Italy court upholds American convictions
Italy's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street ...
Doubts over Harvard claim of 'Jesus' Wife' papyrus
Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic? Scholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar ...
Fiat to meet gov't on strategy amid closure fears
Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne will meet Saturday with Italian Premier Mario Monti to discuss the automaker's "strategic prospects" amid ...
Experts fault captain, crew, Costa for Italy wreck
Court-appointed experts have squarely blamed the captain of a cruise ship that ran aground off Italy for the wreckage and deaths of 32 people, but ...
UN: No evidence of new food price crisis
Prices of basic foods remained flat in August, offering assurances that a repeat of the global food price crisis that sparked rioting several years ...
Monti, Hollande stress need for economic growth
Italian premier Mario Monti and French leader Francois Hollande on Tuesday said Europe must urgently restore economic growth and create jobs as part ...
Thieves toss away vial of Pope John Paul II's blood
A trio of thieves aboard a train stole a priest's backpack containing a vial of the late Pope John Paul II's blood on Tuesday, but police recovered ...
SF archbishop-elect apologizes for DUI arrest
The Roman Catholic archbishop-elect of San Francisco has apologized for his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving, behavior that he said brought ...
Camorra crime boss shot dead leaving beach
Authorities were searching Friday for a gunman who shot and killed an organized crime boss clad in a swimsuit as he walked from a beach to join his ...
French leader to meet Italy's Monti in Rome
French President Francois Hollande will travel to Rome next month to meet Italy's Mario Monti as part of concerted efforts to bolster confidence in ...
19th-century wall collapses at Rome tourist site
Part of an early 19th-century wall near a panoramic terrace overlooking an ancient square in Rome has collapsed. No one was injured when about 9 ...