Italy News
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Voters in the northern Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto vote Sunday in autonomy referendums attracting additional interest against the backdrop of Catalonia's push for independence from Spain.
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With Karl Marx looking on from an image on the wall, convicted killer-turned-novelist Cesare Battisti says tension is high as a Brazilian court prepares to consider his possible extradition to Italy.
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Milan -
The regions of Lombardy and Veneto vote Sunday in referendums on greater autonomy within Italy against the backdrop of the crisis created by Catalonia's push for independence from Spain.- Why the votes and what are they about?
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G7 countries and tech giants including Google, Facebook and Twitter on Friday agreed to work together to block the dissemination of Islamist extremism over the internet.
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G7 interior ministers brainstormed Friday on how to tackle one of the biggest security threats facing the West, as the EU promised to help close a migration route labelled a potential back door for terrorists.
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Venice is living up to its reputation of self-reliance.In the one-time city-state that was known as The Most Serene Republic of Venice, almost everyone seems to be planning to vote for greater autonomy in Sunday's consultative referendum.
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Tech giants including Google, Facebook and Twitter will come under pressure in Italy this week to go further and faster in helping G7 powers tackle the ever-greater threat of extremists online.
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The threat of fresh attacks on the West by foreign fighters fleeing the fallen Islamic State stronghold of Raqa is set to dominate a G7 meeting of interior ministers in Italy.
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Paris -
Asterix, the plucky Gaul with the rotund sidekick, has come charging back in the 37th book in the legendary comic series, which went on sale across Europe on Thursday.
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Ischia Porto -
The threat of fresh attacks on the West by foreign fighters fleeing the fallen Islamic State stronghold of Raqa is set to dominate a G7 meeting of interior ministers in Italy.
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Frankfurt Am Main -
Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner is perhaps one of the world's last great adventurers: he has conquered the planet's highest peaks, crossed Antarctica and hunted for the elusive Yeti.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Convicted killer-turned author Cesare Battisti believes his extradition to Italy from Brazil would be illegal and would endanger his life, he told AFP in an interview.
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Rome -
An Italian priest has been kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria, church officials in both countries have said. Maurizio Pallu was snatched on Thursday in broad daylight by armed men just outside of Benin City, Italian media reports said.
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Palermo -
A migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean carried hundreds of children and unaccompanied minors from over 15 countries to safety in Italy on Friday.
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Rome -
Italy took a major step towards approving a new electoral system Wednesday, sparking protests and a countdown to knife-edge elections to be held in the first part of 2018.
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New York -
The last Leonardo Da Vinci painting still in the hands of a private collector will go under the hammer next month in New York, the Christie's auction house said Tuesday, estimating its worth at $100 million.
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Tunis -
All four siblings of Ahmed Hanachi, who stabbed two young women to death in the French city of Marseille, have been arrested in recent days, authorities in three countries said.
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Rome -
A brother of Ahmed Hanachi, the Tunisian who stabbed two young women to death in the French city of Marseille this month, served as a jihadist fighter in Syria, Italian police said Monday.
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Paris -
Asterix is to ride again in the 37th book in the legendary comic series, its publishers said Monday.
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Rome -
A brother of Ahmed Hanachi, the Tunisian national who stabbed to death two young women in the French city of Marseille in early October, has been arrested in Italy, local police said.
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Caracas -
An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist, arrested Friday while attempting to report from a notorious prison in northern Venezuela, were released on Sunday, human rights and press freedom groups said.
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An Italian fugitive and former leftist guerrilla convicted of murder in his own country has been freed after Brazilian police detained him at the Bolivian border, his lawyer said Saturday.
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Rome -
Italy said Thursday it hopes to have fugitive convicted killer Cesare Battisti quickly extradited and jailed following the writer and former far-left militant's arrest in Brazil.
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Brazilian police on Wednesday detained Italian ultra-leftist militant and writer Cesare Battisti, who was convicted of murder in his home country and has been on the run for decades.
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Rome -
Italy held a "day of remembrance" Tuesday for those who drowned in a shipwreck off Lampedusa four years ago and the 15,500 migrants lost at sea in the Mediterranean since then.
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Rome -
Italy has ordered North Korea's incoming new ambassador to leave the country in a protest over Kim Jong-Un's missile launches and nuclear tests.
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Rome -
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar asked Europe for helicopters and drones to fight rampant migration on the southern border of the war-wracked country.
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Rome -
Italy, in a fresh bid to tackle a migration influx that has become a political headache, sketched proposals on Thursday to resettle around the world a thousand vulnerable migrants who are stranded in Libya.
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Paris -
A nude drawing that bears a striking resemblance to the Mona Lisa may have been done by Leonardo da Vinci, experts told AFP Thursday.
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Rome -
Rome's public prosecutor on Thursday asked for city mayor Virginia Raggi to be put on trial for allegedly making a false statement to an anti-corruption official.
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TV grab shows collapsed building after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake on October 30, 2016 in Norcia HO, AFP
A firefghter and rescuers walk past the rubble of a destroyed building in the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice on August 26, 2016, two day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region Andreas Solaro, AFP
A small car causes a traffic jam in a street in Naples, Italy. Video screen capture
Avalanche in South Tyrol Italy YouTube
Images about the presentation of the new book, written by Italian journalist and writer, Roberta Maresci. The book speaks about life and artistic career of famous singer, dancer, showgirl and anchorwoman TV, Raffaella Carrà. The same book was presented inside of Art Fashion and Design Academy, based in Rome.
Ignazio Marino, the mayor of Rome, Italy officially recognizes the marriage of same-sex couples at a ceremony held last Saturday. Youtube screenshot
Pizza Margherita Author - ElfQrin (Valerio Capello)
Valley of the Lambro river Turismo Verde
Politics page of 18 March, 2010 La Repubblica
Giant statue of Pinocchio on the Collodi tour in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. sailko
Over 2.5 million people visit Pompeii every year. They walk on roads almost 2,000 years old and sit on pillars or stone structures to rest and eat lunch, leaving behind their trash. Screen grab
Antica Acetaia Villa Bianca, Modena, Italy Antica Acetaia Villa Bianca
Generator Venice, luxury hostel on Giudecca Island, Venice, Italy - private room. Hostelbookers.com
Erich Priebke then and more recently. Died October 11 at 100. War History Online
Cesare Prandelli (L) Courtesy Calcio Streaming
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