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Italy stories: 310 news summaries

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(Newser) - President Obama arrived this morning in Rome ahead of his first G8 summit. Obama is meeting privately with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and PM Silvio Berlusconi before traveling to L'Aquila, the earthquake-ravaged town that is hosting the international confab. The coming three days' talks will focus on climate change, foreign... More »

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Barack Obama • Pope Benedict XVI • diplomacy • Italy • Giorgio Napolitano • G8 summit • Silvio Berlusconi • L'Aquila

(Newser) - Italy's decision to shift the G8 summit to the quake-damaged city of L'Aquila has raised major safety fears as aftershocks continue to rattle the region, reports the Washington Post. A 4.1 magnitude temblor hit the area Friday, with the epicenter just half a mile from where world leaders will... More »

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Italy • G8 summit • Group of Eight • earthquake • aftershock • L'Aquila

(Newser) - World leaders have begun arriving in Italy for the G8 summit, which at the last minute Silvio Berlusconi relocated to L'Aquila—the devastated town where 300 died in a massive earthquake. While many praised the Italians for quickly rehousing the victims, rebuilding has been stalled and 15,000 people are... More »

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Italy • G8 summit • Group of Eight • Silvio Berlusconi • earthquake • L'Aquila

Knox's Alleged Murder Weapon Doesn't Match Wound: Coroner

And no evidence group killed Kercher, he says

Jul 6, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(AP) - The knife prosecutors believe Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito used to kill Meredith Kercher is “not compatible" with the wounds on her body, a coroner testified today. Testifying for the defense, he said the neck wound was made with a knife with a 3-inch long blade, while prosecutors maintain... More »

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Italy • testimony • murder trial • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • expert testimony

(Newser) - Just as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hopes to rehab his tarnished reputation by hosting this week's G8 summit, a slew of breast-grabbing, "lesbian-kissing" photos threatens to bring him a new flood of embarrassment. Publications have bid for some 5,000 photos snapped at his Sardinia home the last... More »

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Italy • Rome • sex • Silvio Berlusconi • extramarital affair • G8

(Newser) - A train carrying liquefied natural gas derailed in Italy tonight, causing explosions that killed at least six people and injured dozens more, the Times of London reports. The train jumped the tracks as it was leaving the station in the northern town of Viareggio, triggering the explosion of two gas-filled... More »

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Italy • Tuscany • Northern Italy • explosion • natural gas • LNG • train crash

(Newser) - People prefer to listen with their right ears and are more giving when addressed from that side, LiveScience reports. An Italian study conducted in nightclubs shows that almost three-quarters of people observed listen with their right ear. Moreover, the researchers cadged significantly more cigarettes when they approached clubgoers on the... More »

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Italy • brain • club • listeners • scientific study • ear • hemisphere • disco • favor

 Berlusconi: I 
 Don't Even 
 Like Hookers 

Italian PM denies scandal, says call girls aren't to his taste

Jun 24, 09 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied that he paid prostitutes who attended parties at his official residences, reports the BBC. Berlusconi told a gossip magazine that the call girl who alleged she was paid over $1000 to sleep with him was "extremely well paid" by a political opponent... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • call girl • prostitution scandal • Patrizia D'Addario

 Berlusconi 
 Hooker Probe 
 to Quiz 
 30 Women 

Italian PM allegedly told woman to 'wait for me in the big bed'

Jun 23, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian prosecutors are preparing to question up to 30 women, including eastern European models, as part of a probe into the alleged procurement of prostitutes for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The sex scandal widened yesterday when a photo emerged of two young women in short dresses posing in what appears... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal

Berlusconi
Gave Me $14K 'Present': Escort

Scandal ramps up as hostess also says PM
had sex with hooker

Jun 22, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is facing further pressure to resign after a 23-year-old revealed she had received a $14,000 "present" from the Italian PM after attending a party, reports the Times of London. The woman also says that Patrizia D'Addario, the escort at the center of the growing prostitution scandal,... More »

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Italy • escort • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal • showgirls

(Newser) - Amanda Knox’s mother testified today that her daughter and Meredith Kercher, the British student she is accused of killing, were on good terms before the murder, the Times of London reports. Contrary to earlier testimony about tensions, the roommates “got along great,” Edda Mellas said at the... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Edda Mellas • Curt Knox

$134B Bond Fraud May Be Mob Handiwork

US, Italian authorities blame organized crime for huge counterfeiting

Jun 19, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The counterfeit bonds with a face value of $134 billion seized near the Swiss border are probably the work of the Mafia, say Italian and American secret services. The mystery surrounding the suitcase stuffed with fake US Treasury bonds deepened yesterday, after a blog revealed that police had released the... More »

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Italy • Switzerland • counterfeit • debt • Mafia • bonds • Sicilian mafia • counterfeiters • Treasury bills

 Showgirl: I've 
 Got Berlusconi
 Bedroom Tapes 

She gives photos, audio recordings
to prosecutors

Jun 19, 09 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A showgirl who says she was paid to party with Silvio Berlusconi says she’s got photos of herself and the Italian PM in his bedroom, the Times of London reports. Patrizia D'Addario says she also gave audio tapes to prosecutors with Berlusconi's voice, and videotaped herself in the room... More »

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Italy • video • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • recording • showgirls • Patrizia D'Addario

 Berlusconi Faces  
 Prostitution Probe 

Showgirl: I was paid to go to PM's party

Jun 18, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Already in hot water for connections to an 18-year-old model, a “mock marriage,” and a party with topless women, Silvio Berlusconi is now facing a probe into allegations over whether he paid showgirls to attend parties at the Italian PM's residences, the Times of London reports. An inquiry... More »

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prostitution • investigation • Italy • probe • Silvio Berlusconi • showgirls

$134B in Bonds Seized in Italy 'Clearly Fake'

US debt office tells conspiracy theorists
to calm down

Jun 18, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conspiracy theorists, take note: The US bonds seized near the Swiss border with a face value of $134 billion "are clearly fakes," a Washington spokesman tells Bloomberg. Most securities are now issued electronically, only about $105 billion in bonds have yet to be surrendered, and the "Kennedy... More »

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Italy • Switzerland • debt • bonds • counterfeiters • smuggling • Treasury note

OPINION

$134B Suitcase Could Be Huge Smuggling Scam

Italy arrests men with enough US bonds to buy a few countries

Jun 17, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last week, Italian authorities detained two Japanese men attempting to cross the border into Switzerland carrying a suitcase stuffed with $134 billion in US bonds. The men are either massive counterfeiters or—even scarier—the fourth-largest creditors of the US Treasury, with enough cash to buy three or four countries.... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Italy • Switzerland • debt • bonds • US dollar • counterfeiters • Treasury bills • Timothy Geithner • smuggling • Treasury note

 Italy to Take 3 Gitmo Detainees 

Obama, Berlusconi discuss range of issues

Jun 16, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi, seeking to restore some shine to his tattered international image, yesterday agreed to take three detainees from Guantanamo Bay. The Italian PM praised President Obama for his "deep knowledge" after a 2-hour-plus meeting at the White House, the AP reports. The leaders discussed topics ranging from... More »

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White House • Italy • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Silvio Berlusconi • detainees • Obama administration • President Obama

Knox on Roomie's Murder: 'Yucky, Disgusting'

Says she's trying to 'get on with my life'

Jun 14, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox said in continuing testimony yesterday that she imagined her housemate’s murder as “shocking, yucky, disgusting,” the Times of London reports. Asked why she said Meredith Kercher must have died slowly, Knox said: “I heard that she had her throat slit, and from what I... More »

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crime • Italy • murder • testimony • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox

(Newser) - Amanda Knox returned to the stand for the second day today with a familiar theme: Italian police abused her—verbally and sometimes physically—so much that she became confused about events the night Meredith Kercher was killed. She said police threatened her with serious jail time if she didn’t... More »

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police • Italy • text message • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Patrick Lumumba

(Newser) - Two Japanese citizens were detained last week after allegedly trying to take $134 billion in undeclared US bonds from Italy to Switzerland, Bloomberg reports. Both countries are investigating the incident. “Italian authorities are in the midst of the investigation, and haven’t yet confirmed the details, including whether they... More »

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crime • Italy • Switzerland • bonds • securities • Japanese

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