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Nov 21 2009
Alessandra Mussolini, a right-wing MP, said she was outraged and upset when she heard reports that the remains of her grandfather were being sold online. The initial asking price was 15,000 euros, or £13,000, but nobody had had a chance to bid, eBay...
Oct 7 2009
Italy today became the latest European government to announce it was considering introducing a law which would make wearing a burqa illegal. MPs from the anti-immigration Northern League party, a member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s...
Sep 18 2009
Berlusconi, speaking to reporters Thursday, gave no timeline for a withdrawal and said any pullout would have to be coordinated with Italy’s allies. “There is no idea,” Berlusconi said about a possible date for leaving Afghanistan....
Jun 24 2009
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied allegations he paid prostitutes who attended parties at his official residencies. In an interview with Italian gossip magazine Chi, the 72-year-old leader insisted he had never paid for sex. He...
Oct 9 2008
When white wine started flowing through taps in dozens of homes during an Italian festival it was hailed as miracle.But unlike the Biblical tale of Jesus changing water into wine, it proved to be a case of bad plumbing by man rather than divine...
Apr 3 2008
After enduring howls in the night and creaking staircases for the past three years, an Italian family is preparing to sue the previous owners of their house for not telling them it was haunted. Gaetano Bastianelli, 57, and his wife Stefania paid...