Italian Premier Romano Prodi went before the Lower House ,premier"s
address opened a floor debate which will conclude with a confidence
vote on Wednesday, after which Prodi will face the almost impossible
task of...
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"Protesters have clashed again with Italian police in the city of Naples in a dispute over rubbish disposal. The protesters in the suburb of Pianura are blocking access to an old rubbish dump which city officials want to reopen as landfill sites are full. There have been no...
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Update: Violence has broken out in Rome as protestors clash with police during Bush's visit to the Vatican. "Italian riot police
used tear gas on Saturday against anti-Bush demonstrators who donned
face masks in...
Conservative groups are rallying in protest of a proposed law that would allow unmarried couples greater rights, seeing the law as a stepping stone towards a legal acceptance of gay marriage. This issue highlights the unpredictable balance of power in Italian government, as...
"According to report Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed his resignation to the country’s president after losing vote from coalition partners.Several of Mr Prodi’s coalition partners opposed...
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Anybody in Italy have any further input or, better yet, firsthand accounts or photos? Check out the slideshow of the stuff that has come in "
Thousands of people are marching in the north-eastern Italian...
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"Rome, November 6 - Italy urged Iraqi authorities on Monday not to execute Saddam Hussein, saying it would be a mistake both ethically and politically .
"There is no doubt that carrying out Saddam Hussein's death...
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" Offer of 2,000 troops the biggest commitment yet Annan to decide on command by this weekend Aug.22, 2006. 01:00AM GIDEON LONG REUTERS NEWS AGENCY BEIRUT—Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi says his country is ready to lead a UN force in south Lebanon, where a fragile...
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"Rome/Beirut, Aug 21 (DPA) Italy was asked by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to lead a UN peacekeeping force for Lebanon.
During his telephone call Sunday with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Olmert also asked for soldiers to monitor the border between Lebanon and...
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"AP - The Italian Parliament on Wednesday elected the center-left candidate an 80-year-old former Communist as the country's president, paving the way for a Romano Prodi government, an...
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"Reuters - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
handed in his resignation on Tuesday, ending weeks of political
uncertainty and opening the way for centre-left leader Romano
Prodi to form a new government."
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"Now if we only had been able to vote for the "President of the Free World" , Kerry would be in the White House. Italian Canadian voters pivotal in electing Prodi"
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"Berlusconi's poll fraud claim, and power, fade away Ah the friendly fascism of Berlusconi reminds me of the 1933 elections in Germany. Good thing Prodi won."
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