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Italy stories: 310 news summaries

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Berlusconi Uses Animal Farm Defense

Lawyers argue 'more equal' PM shouldn't
be prosecuted

Oct 7, 09 3:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - All Italians are equal but some are more equal than others, according to lawyers seeking to prevent Silvio Berlusconi from standing trial on corruption charges. A constitutional court examining the legitimacy of a law shielding prime ministers from prosecution—which was introduced by Berlusconi himself—was told the leader is... More »

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Italy • bribery • corruption • Silvio Berlusconi • corruption trial

 Scientist Reproduces 
 'Fake' Turin Shroud 

Nothing miraculous about his creation, says Italian researcher

Oct 6, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Shroud of Turin is definitely a medieval forgery, according to an Italian scientist who made one himself to prove the point. The chemistry professor made the reproduction of the shroud—believed by many to represent a miraculous image of Christ after crucifixion—using materials and techniques available during the... More »

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Italy • Jesus Christ • carbon date • Shroud of Turin

 Berlusconi 
 Adds Michelle 
 to His 'Tan 
 Obama' Dig 

'Even his wife is suntanned,' Italian leader chuckles

Sep 29, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daffy Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi thought his first joke about President Obama being "tan" was so funny he repeated it —and this time included Michelle in the fun.  "I bring greetings from a man, what's his name? Some tanned guy—Barack Obama," Berlusconi said... More »

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Barack Obama • race • politics • Michelle Obama • Italy • race relations • Silvio Berlusconi

Knox Lied About Sex Murder Under Stress: Witness

Forty-hour interrogation disoriented suspect, neurologist testifies

Sep 25, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox was telling the truth when she said she was lying, a neurologist testified today. Professor Carlo Caltagirone, the final witness in Knox's 8-month trial, backed up the suspect's claim that she had confessed to overhearing Meredith Kercher's murder because of stress, the Daily Mail reports. "Situations of... More »

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Italy • trial • stress • interrogation • Amanda Knox • Patrick Lumumba • witness • questioning

 Cops Seize 
 Mafia Don's 
 'Croc  Weapon' 

Mobster accused of threatening to feed extortion victims to 6-foot beast

Sep 24, 09 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian police have confiscated a crocodile they suspect was used by a Mafia boss to persuade people to cough up protection money. The gangster invited extortion victims to his home and threatened to set the crocodile on them if they didn't pay up, investigators say. He has has been charged... More »

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Italy • extortion • Mafia • crocodile

 Venice Struggles to Stay Afloat 

Billion-dollar floodgates may fail to stave off rising tides

Sep 20, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not only is Venice sinking, but the $6-billion floodgates designed to protect it may not do the job, NPR reports. Critics say that the 78 half-built mobile gates, designed to block off seawater when it rises, may fail to fend off sea levels heightened by climate change. And even if... More »

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global warming • Italy • sea level • flood • flooding • Venice • Moses

 Suicide Attack 
 Hits Italian Convoy 
 in Kabul, Kills 16 

Taliban claims responsibility for bombing

Sep 17, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(AP) - A suicide car bomber attacked an Italian military convoy on a road in Afghanistan's capital today, killing six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians, the AP reports. The bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into two Italian military vehicles, Italy's defense minister said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying in a... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Italy • suicide bombing • Kabul • car bomb • military convoy

 Informant: Italian Mafia Sank 
 Ship Carrying Nuke Waste 

Authorities have pinpointed ship, but haven't confirmed contents

Sep 15, 09 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italian authorities are investigating an informant’s claim that the mafia sank a ship containing nuclear waste off the country’s southwest coast, the BBC reports. Underwater cameras show the ship intact, with barrels nearby marked as containing toxic contents; the informant says that organized crime has gotten into the... More »

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crime • Italy • radioactive • nuclear waste • Mafia • shipping • Calabria • environmental damage • informant • waste disposal

ANALYSIS

 Knox Trial 
 Is 'Poison' for 
 All Involved 

Fallout has ruined people's lives from Seattle to Perugia

Sep 12, 09 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox may be the one on trial for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, waiting it out in a sweltering Italian prison. But as Barbie Nadeau notes in Newsweek, Knox isn’t the only one suffering: “The Knox trial is poison,” Nadeau writes. “Nearly everyone it... More »

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Italy • debt • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Rudy Hermann Guede • criminal trial

Berlusconi: So Sue Me,
I Like Gorgeous Babes

'Greatest Italian PM in history' hits back at sex scandal allegations

Sep 11, 09 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi says he's the best prime minister Italy's ever had and resigning has never crossed his mind, despite a string of sex scandals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Berlusconi scoffed at claims by businessman Giampaolo Tarantini that he invited women to Berlusconi's parties and paid them to sleep with... More »

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prostitution • sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute

Italian Businessman: I Supplied Girls for Berlusconi

Allegations reignite Italian's leader sleaze scandal

Sep 10, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian businessman claims to have supplied 30 women for parties held by Silvio Berlusconi, some of whom slept with the Italian leader, the Guardian reports. Gianpaolo Tarantini, who is under investigation for corruption, says he was trying to gain influence with the prime minister. He told investigators that he... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute

 Clooney Unveils 
 New Gal in Venice 

Berlusconi-esque: Elisabetta Canalis is Italian TV presenter

Sep 8, 09 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Clooney has appeared in public for the first time with galpal Elisabetta Canalis at the Venice Film Festival, E! reports. The actor and the Italian TV presenter had been covertly observed frolicking at his Lake Como villa, but the Venice outing makes it official. A costar of Canalis’ says... More »

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entertainment • Italy • Venice Film Festival • George Clooney • television personality • Lake Como • celebrity relationships • Elisabetta Canalis

 Berlusconi: 
 'Italians Want 
 to Be Like Me' 

He 'can't remember' the night escort says they had sex

Sep 8, 09 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stubbornly unrepentant Silvio Berlusconi is insisting Italians support his behavior and "would like to be" him, reports the Telegraph. "Italians aren't stupid, and they prefer my government," added the randy prime minister, 74, on Italian television. The man who last week called himself  "superman" insisted that... More »

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divorce • sex scandal • Italy • Rome • Silvio Berlusconi • Italian economy

Man Arrested
for Kissing His
Own Daughter

Italian tourist faces 15 years in prison after Brazil pool incident

Sep 7, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversy is brewing in Brazil over a 48-year-old Italian tourist who was arrested for touching and kissing his own 8-year-old daughter, the BBC reports. A couple reported seeing the man touching a young girl inappropriately at a hotel pool, apparently unaware that the girl was his daughter. Under a... More »

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Brazil • Italy • child molestation • sexual abuse • misunderstanding

(Newser) - An editor of a Catholic newspaper criticized for a gay affair in a publication owned by the brother of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is out of a job, reports the New York Times. He resigned just days after he slammed the randy head of state in an editorial for... More »

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newspaper • Italy • Rome • Vatican • Catholic • Silvio Berlusconi • homosexual • gay • Il Giornale

Vatican Snubs Berlusconi Over Cheeky News Article

Scandal-ridden Italian premier disinvited from pardoning religious ceremony

Aug 30, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - He may still be beloved by Italian voters, but there’s clearly no love lost between Silvio Berlusconi and the Vatican, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Holy See has disinvited the scandal-ridden Italian premier from a religious service and dinner after a newspaper owned by his brother ran a... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • Rome • Vatican • Silvio Berlusconi

Berlusconi Slaps European Papers With Libel Suits

Lawyers probe 'cases of real, true defamation'

Aug 28, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is suing Italian and foreign media outlets for libel regarding his personal life, Reuters reports. “We have instructed our colleagues to evaluate, according to the laws in their countries, the most serious cases of real, true defamation,” said the Italian PM's lawyer. Berlusconi’s legal team... More »

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media • newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • Europe • Italy • libel • lawsuit • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • News Corp • La Repubblica • Times of London

(Newser) - The famous Blue Grotto of the Italian island of Capri has been closed after its striking cerulean waters were fouled by raw sewage believed to be dumped by the Mafia, reports the Independent. La Grotta Azzurra, a favorite haunt of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, is celebrated for its striking... More »

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tourism • Italy • Naples • mob • Mafia • sewage • waste disposal management • Blue Grotto • cesspool • Capri

(Newser) - Europeans may have longer lives and longer vacations, but red-blooded Americans don't want their socialist ways on this side of the ocean, right wing media mouths are eager to remind everyone, MIchael Freedman writes in Newsweek. Underlying much of the opposition to health care reform is the fear that it's... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Spain • Germany • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Rush Limbaugh • Italy • England • health care reform

Italian Court: It's OK to Threaten Kids With Kick
in the Pants

Man told nephew to scram or get the boot

Aug 11, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s nothing wrong with telling teens they’ll get kicked in the pants for misbehaving—at least not in Italy, the country’s high court ruled today. A mom had accused her son’s uncle of abuse for issuing the warning, calling it a serious threat. But the court... More »

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Italy • abuse • court • threats • pants

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