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Italy

"You may have the universe if I may have Italy" -Giuseppe Verdi, Italian Composer

The home of the Romans, birthplace of the Renaissance and epicenter of Catholicism now places politics center stage, as former-PM Silvio Berlusconi tries to unite the center-right and push Romano Prodi out of office.

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May 2008
- Rome's New Mayor Vows to Raze Renowned Museum
  
  Times (UK) | May 2, 08 12:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Only a few days into his mandate, Rome's new right-wing mayor has sworn to dismantle a state-of-the-art museum designed by American architect Richard Meier, reports the Times of London. Gianni Alemanno called the Ara Pacis museum, built 2 years ago to house a peace altar from the Augustan period, "invasive" and "a disfigurement in the heart of Rome," prompting protests from the city's cultural elite and the architect himself. More »
- Italy Puts All Salaries Online
  
  BBC | May 1, 08 4:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The outgoing Italian government posted all citizens’ earnings and tax information, briefly, on the Internet yesterday, sparking outrage over lost privacy, the BBC reports. The site was quickly clogged by Italians checking up on neighbors’ and celebrities’ financial status. The information went offline after about 24 hours in response to a complaint from the country’s privacy overseers. More »
April 2008
- 'Post-Fascist' Elected Mayor of Rome
  
  Times (UK) | Apr 29, 08 7:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After decades of center-left rule, the city of Rome elected a rightwinger with a past in a neo-Fascist group as mayor yesterday. Gianni Alemanno, whose party calls itself "post-Fascist," won a runoff election for control of the Italian capital, handily beating the country's outgoing deputy prime minister. Alemanno has promised to expel 20,000 "gyspies and immigrants" from Rome, writes the Times of London. More »
- No Rest for the ... Faithful? Italy's Padre Pio On Display
  
  BBC | Apr 24, 08 7:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Beloved saint Padre Pio, exhumed in March after 40 years, is now on display in southern Italy, where 700,000 faithful have signed up to view his remains, BBC reports. The archbishop who ran the exhumation marveled at the body: “The knees, hands, mittens, and nails are clearly visible.” More »
- Air France-KLM Pulls Offer for Alitalia
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 22, 08 6:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Air France-KLM has withdrawn its offer to buy Alitalia, leaving the cash-poor Italian carrier with few options. In a tersely worded statement, the world's largest airline said its Alitalia overture—which had been opposed by Alitalia's unions—was "no longer valid." With no suitors forthcoming and cash reserves dwindling—the airline loses $1.6 million a day—Alitalia may be forced to declare bankruptcy, writes the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Why Italy's Obama Lost
  
  Spiked | Apr 16, 08 4:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An Italian politician who aggressively modeled his campaign on Barack Obama’s fell to once-and-future prime minister Silvio Berlusconi this week—and the shallowness of Walter Veltroni’s message is to blame, Dominic Standish argues in Spiked. He appropriated the slogan “Yes we can” and even re-named his party Democratic, but Veltroni mainly left voters in the dark as to what he stood for. More »
- Naples' Trash Tops Berlusconi's To-Do List
  
  BBC | Apr 15, 08 4:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi said today his first task as Italy's prime minister will be to clean up garbage-strewn Naples, the BBC reports. After a clear victory for his center-right coalition in this week's elections, the 71-year-old media tycoon promised to spend three days a week in the city and to "leave only when I'm sure I've found a definitive solution" to the trash clogging its streets. More »
- Here Comes Another Helping of Berlusconi
  
  Associated Press | Apr 14, 08 2:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Conservative media mogul Silvio Berlusconi looks set to reclaim the Italian premiership, the AP reports, after center-left rival Walter Veltroni conceded defeat this evening. Berlusconi's coalition is expected to win control of both houses of Italy's legislature. More »
- Weary Italians Go to the Polls
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Apr 14, 08 7:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Polls are open in Italy's parliamentary election, which Silvio Berlusconi appears likely to win. Whether the two-time prime minister or Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni triumphs, the next Italian leader has to kickstart a stagnated economy; growth this year is expected to be as low as 0.3% —or even zero, writes the Daily Telegraph . Turnout has been low over the course of the two-day vote, and apathy and disgust with politics are rife. More »
- Berlusconi on Course for Comeback
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Apr 11, 08 7:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is marching toward a third term as prime minister of Italy, according to polls ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday. The Croesus-rich media magnate has used his business credentials to convince Italians that he's got the solutions to unemployment, declining economic competitiveness and stagnant growth. More »
- Italians Find Their Cuisine in Foreign Hands
  
  New York Times | Apr 8, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - While immigrant-staffed kitchens are the norm throughout Europe, Italians regard their food as an integral part of national identity. So what to make of the fact that the best carbonara in Rome is made by a Tunisian chef? The ensuing debate—whether Italian cuisine made by non-Italians is authentic—is likely to grow, reports the New York Times . More »
- Waterloo—You Know, Like in the ABBA Song
  
  ANSA (Italy) | Apr 8, 08 11:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An telecom exec came up short in a motivational speech to employees when he called the battle of Waterloo a victory for Napoleon. Now clips of the animated Italian manager urging his staff to "go ahead and score like Napoleon at Waterloo" have become a YouTube hit, the ANSA news agency reports. More »
- Venice Bar Uses Discount to Lure 'Poor Yanks'
  
  Reuters | Apr 8, 08 10:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry's Bar in Venice has offered hospitality to tourists and expatriates since the days of Ernest Hemingway. But in recent months Harry's has noticed a sharp drop in the number of Americans showing up at the home of the Bellini cocktail. So restaurant owner Arrigo Cipriani has a novel solution: a 20% discount to subprime-stricken Americans for everything on the menu. More »
- Pavarotti Lipsynched Last Performance
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 7, 08 9:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Lipsynching isn't just for neophytes like Nikki Hilton—none other than tenor Luciano Pavarotti faked his way through his final public performance at the opening of the Turin Winter Olympics, the Guardian reports. In a new book, Pavarotti's conductor and pianist claims that he recorded the cancer-stricken tenor and the orchestra, and used video trickery to pull the ruse off before millions of TV viewers. More »
March 2008
- Prized Cheese in Italy at Risk
  
  New York Times | Mar 27, 08 7:03 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - More consumers are turning up their noses at Italy’s prized buffalo mozzarella, and not over its smell, the New York Times reports. Toxins have been found in samples of the delicacy, likely caused by illegal dumping of garbage around Naples. Sales are down 40%, and farmers and restaurateurs fear a panic despite that fact that best cheese region appears unaffected. More »
- Prominent Italian Muslim Baptized by Pope
  
  Associated Press | Mar 23, 08 6:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Italy's best-known commentator on Islam converted to Catholicism yesterday at the Vatican, during Easter vigil, and was baptized by the Pope himself, the AP reports. Though Magdi Allam was born a Muslim, he said he "never" practiced his native religion, and made his name criticizing Islamic fanaticism, receiving death threats in the process. More »
- Berlusconi Calls Rival an Obama Copycat
  
  Reuters | Mar 13, 08 10:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is calling his election opponent a Barack Obama copycat–and not in a good way. To keep his 7-point lead in the polls, Italy's former leader has distributed a package to his People of Freedom (PDL) candidates on how to bash Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni in the media. They prescribe ridiculing the onetime Roman mayor for "systemically" copying Obama's speeches. More »
- US Played Role in '78 Murder of Aldo Moro
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Mar 11, 08 10:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new book reveals the extent of American involvement in the fate of Aldo Moro, the Italian prime minister murdered by left-wing terrorists in 1978. In We Killed Aldo Moro, Steve Pieczenik, a State Department hostage negotiator, writes about his role in the "crisis committee" that leaked a false statement that Moro was dead a month before his murder, reports the Telegraph . More »
- Court: Italian Women Can Lie About Adultery
  
  BBC | Mar 8, 08 3:05 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Italian adulterers have made their bed, and now the country’s top appeals court says they can lie in it: The Court of Cassation has ruled that married women can tell fibs to cover up an affair to protect their honor, the BBC reports. The judgment stems from the case of a woman who was convicted of giving false testimony to police. More »
- Vatican Goes to Confessional in an Art Museum
  
  Newsweek | Mar 2, 08 9:36 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sure, thousands of accused witches and blasphemers were burned and tortured during the Roman Catholic Church’s centuries-long Inquisition in the Middle Ages—but, with the help of a new art exhibition, the Vatican hopes to show that it wasn't so bad after all, Newsweek reports. The “Rare and Precious” show will “expose some myths” about the church’s dark past, says curator Mario Pizzo. More »

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This picture made available Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, by Italian Carabinieri, shows a 4th century B.C. stone sculpture representing Aphrodite that they claim was illegally excavated from Morgantina, Sicily,... (Associated Press)

People wait, in front of a screen displaying a picture of late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, for the start of his funeral outside Modena's Duomo where he is laid out in state, northern Italy, Saturday,... (Associated Press)

A man wearing a mask depicting Italian Premier Romano Prodi and dressed in prisoner's clothing, right, and a man wearing an Italian magistrate outfit, attend a right-wing National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)... (Associated Press)

Faithful wave Spanish flags during a mass beatification celebrated by Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints, at the Vatican, Sunday,... (Associated Press)

Italian former premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures at a press conference under a sign similiar to a political symbol saying "People of Freedom" in Rome, Monday Nov. 19, 2007. Berlusconi made a surprise... (Associated Press)

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007. The Vatican staged... (Associated Press)

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