Don't boo: Fabio Capello urges England fans to lift the curse of Wembley

England prepare for their match against Kazakhstan in high mood after their last win against Croatia. Manager Fabio Capello hopes this will be a new start at Wembley for the England soccer squad who have been...

Pope Benedict XVI starts off marathon Bible reading

On Sunday Pope Benedict celebrated a huge mass to open a worldwide meeting of prelates at the Vatican. Over 200 bishops are attending that meeting, which is discussing the modern relevance of the bible. It will...

Rastas can use cannabis, Italian court rules

"Rastafarians have always regarded Ethiopia as the promised land, but Italy could rank a close second after its Supreme Court ruled that smoking or possessing cannabis is not a criminal offence but a religious act when the person doing it is a Rastafarian. ...

Horny Goat Weed may offer Viagra alternative: Italian study

"Tue Sep 30, 3:31 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A Chinese herbal remedy called horny goat weed is a promising alternative to Viagra for impotent men, Italian researchers said on Monday. The herb has long held a reputation as a natural aphrodisiac. The lab experiments, which did...

Judge: Blogging is Illegal in Italy

Yeah, it's a sensationalist headline, but if one takes a strict view of Italian law, then Italy's bloggers are all criminals. But good-guy criminals. Like Han Solo.The article below is best read with the understanding that Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has a...

Foreign tourists seized in Egypt

Egyptian security sources report group of 10 to 15 tourists abducted in south of country. Egyptian Foreign Ministry confirms five Italian tourists kidnapped. The tourist belong to Israel and Italy. There is...

Italian model puts virginity on offer for € 1mn

"An Italian model has planned to sell her virginity for one million euros. Showgirl and men's magazine model Raffella Fico, 20, told an Italian magazine that she would use the cash to buy a house in Rome and pay for acting classes. "I can't wait to see who's going to pull out...

Erotic Economy Booms

As the world banking economy lurches this way and that requiring huge government bail outs the erotica and porn industries grow and grow. This article by Robert Fisk of the Independent takes a wry look at the...

Italian model plans to sell virginity for 1m euros

After a 18 year US student in San Diego, Natalie Dylan,  put herself for the sex for the first time for $1 million to pay her college fees, there seems to be more girls coming forward to sell their virginity. In 2005 a Peruvian model, also 18, put herself up...

TV chef Antonio Carluccio 'stabs himself in the chest with kitchen knife'

" Celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio, is now recovering after the incident Italian TV chef Antonio Carluccio was rushed to hospital after stabbing himself in the chest with a kitchen knife.Doctors feared the blade may have penetrated a lung and took him into intensive care on...

Mama Mia! Italian Language Purists Call for a Ban on English or "Anglitaliano"

An Italian cultural institution Dante Alighieri Society with enormous clout in Italy has called for a ban on such Anglitaliano phrases that have crept into the language such as "il weekend" or "lo...

Ex-FBI agent faces trial for 1982 slaying

"MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- John J. Connolly was hundreds of miles away in 1982 when gambling executive John Callahan's bullet-riddled body was discovered in the trunk of his Cadillac at Miami's airport. ...

Italian designer Mila Schoen dies

Italian fashion designer Mila Schoen died in her sleep at 91 years of age at her Italian villa on September 5th.  Schoen was a favourite designer of many established women, including Jacqueline Kennedy and...

Fisichella 3rd fastest in Monza testing

"Giancarlo Fisichella ran a faultless 114 laps in his Force India car and posted the third fastest time of the day to cap the outfit’s three-day Monza testing for the Italian Grand Prix. Fisichella continued the evaluation of set-ups and wing levels specifically for his...

Holy Ribbiting Art!

"ROME - An Italian museum on Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as...
 

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