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The debate about the Olympics in China hasn't had much impact in Italy.
Italy faces legal action over the waste crisis that has left piles of garbage rotting on the streets around the southern city of Naples.
For a few short hours this week, Italians got a chance to be each other's Big Brother as their government allowed Internet viewing of absolutely everyone's tax returns, including those of politicians, soccer players and TV personalities.
Siena seems to be every Italy connoisseur's pet town. More than a sum of places to see, Siena itself is the sight. Grab a gelato, join in the evening stroll, and end up at the town's glorious red brick main square, Il Campo. Lean up against a pillar as the setting sun plays games with the colors of the stone and the sky. At twilight, first-time poets savor that magic moment when the sky turns into a rich blue dome as bright as the medieval tower that holds it high.
Italy snatched a last-gasp 23-20 victory against Scotland in Rome to register a first victory under new coach Nick Mallett, but were still left holding the tournament's wooden spoon.
My public relations agency, NettResults, based in Irvine, Calif., and Dubai, employs 18 people speaking a total of nine languages. Through a partner, we work with 58 other agencies in 26 countries. So I was excited to test three new language-translation software suites: If they worked, I could e-mail clients myself and cut down on the pricey human translators we use every day.
A strike by Italy's truck drivers that has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine across the country has ended -- at least for now, government officials and labor leaders said Wednesday.
A strike by Italian truck drivers that has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine across the country has ended -- at least for now.
Much of Italy's transit network came to a halt Friday when about 300,000 employees stayed home from work to protest what they say is a lack of investment in the transport sector.
World champions Italy clinched qualification for Euro 2008 after goals in the first and last minutes gave them a pulsating 2-1 victory at Hampden Park -- killing off Scotland's hopes of reaching the finals.
The debate about the Olympics in China hasn't had much impact in Italy.
Italy faces legal action over the waste crisis that has left piles of garbage rotting on the streets around the southern city of Naples.
For a few short hours this week, Italians got a chance to be each other's Big Brother as their government allowed Internet viewing of absolutely everyone's tax returns, including those of politicians, soccer players and TV personalities.
Siena seems to be every Italy connoisseur's pet town. More than a sum of places to see, Siena itself is the sight. Grab a gelato, join in the evening stroll, and end up at the town's glorious red brick main square, Il Campo. Lean up against a pillar as the setting sun plays games with the colors of the stone and the sky. At twilight, first-time poets savor that magic moment when the sky turns into a rich blue dome as bright as the medieval tower that holds it high.
Italy snatched a last-gasp 23-20 victory against Scotland in Rome to register a first victory under new coach Nick Mallett, but were still left holding the tournament's wooden spoon.
My public relations agency, NettResults, based in Irvine, Calif., and Dubai, employs 18 people speaking a total of nine languages. Through a partner, we work with 58 other agencies in 26 countries. So I was excited to test three new language-translation software suites: If they worked, I could e-mail clients myself and cut down on the pricey human translators we use every day.
A strike by Italy's truck drivers that has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine across the country has ended -- at least for now, government officials and labor leaders said Wednesday.
A strike by Italian truck drivers that has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine across the country has ended -- at least for now.
Much of Italy's transit network came to a halt Friday when about 300,000 employees stayed home from work to protest what they say is a lack of investment in the transport sector.
World champions Italy clinched qualification for Euro 2008 after goals in the first and last minutes gave them a pulsating 2-1 victory at Hampden Park -- killing off Scotland's hopes of reaching the finals.
Police made a string of arrests across Europe Tuesday, detaining 20 people suspected of involvement in the recruitment of suicide bombers, Italian police said.
Italy will be without skipper Marco Bortolami for the must-win Rugby World Cup Pool C finale against Scotland in St Etienne on Saturday.
Italy struggled to beat part-time minnows Portugal 31-5 at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering a second win at the Rugby World Cup but failing to earn a vital bonus point.
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Marco Belinelli scored six of his 17 points in overtime Monday to help Italy beat Turkey 84-75 at the European Basketball Championship.
France battled to a goalless draw against Italy in Milan to maintain their lead in Group B of qualifying for Euro 2008.
Tournament favorites New Zealand made a no-nonsense start to their World Cup campaign by snuffing out the challenge of Italy 76-14 in their opening Pool C encounter in Marseille.
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni will clock up the air miles to watch his players in action this season after a host of Italians quit their domestic league in an unprecedented exodus.
World champions Italy produced a lackluster performance and slumped to a 3-1 defeat against Hungary in an international friendly on Wednesday.
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni has given a first senior call-up to AS Roma goalkeeper Gianluca Curci for Wednesday's friendly in Hungary.
Italy's high court rules that an infamous obscenity is merely an expression of annoyance.
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Colombian Rigoberto Uran, of the beleaguered Unibet team, made a late break to win the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland over 152km from Innertkirchen to Schwarzsee on Saturday.
Its German-speaking residents call the Italian town of Castelrotto "Kastelruth." Tucked away in the Dolomites, the Alps of northern Italy, it's my favorite hideaway in the Italian "South Tirol." This region offers Italy a strong dash of German culture. My chalet -- sturdy as a bomb shelter, yet warmly woody -- comes with a generously fluffy down comforter and serious German plumbing: Ka-chunk ... ahhhh.
Throughout Italy, early evening is a time to stroll. As I walk through the streets of the Eternal City with my Roman friends, they explain the ritual of this promenade: While elsewhere in Italy it's called the passeggiata, in Rome it's a cruder, big-city version called the struscio (which means "rub").
There are few cultures as dedicated to the art of fine living as Italy's. Don't believe it? Think of endless, 14-course lunches and dinners, often eaten on seemingly endless Italian vacations; think of the fabulous decadence of La Dolce Vita; think about the best pair of shoes you have ever seen.
Defending champions Italy and France set up a Fed Cup last-four meeting with sweeping victories in their quarterfinals on Sunday.
Tathiana Garbin and Flavia Pennetta gave defending champions Italy a 2-0 lead over world-group debutantes China in their Fed Cup quarterfinal on Saturday.
World champions Italy have reclaimed top spot from Argentina in FIFA's world rankings which were published by the governing body on Wednesday.
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni said on Tuesday that the four-month gap without playing an international match may have a negative effect on the world champions.
The Italian government has moved to block the trial of 26 Americans, mostly CIA agents, in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a Muslim cleric more than four years ago.
North-easterly winds gusting to 35-40 knots on Sunday morning led to an early conclusion of the final day of racing at the Swan 45 Memorial Giorgio Falck organised by the Club Nautico Scarlino, in Maremma, Italy.
VERONA, Italy -- I've been to plenty of MLS games that had 9,000 fans rattling around inside an NFL stadium, but I can't say that I've ever witnessed a soccer match featuring some of the world's best players competing before a paid audience of zero.
Only six Italian football stadiums have been given the all-clear to stage matches this weekend with fans in attendance, the interior ministry has announced.
Italy's government announced new security measures for football stadiums on Monday, raising hopes that matches could resume this weekend, as the nation mourned the death of a policeman killed by rioting fans.
Brazil have finished top of the FIFA rankings for a fifth straight year with world champions Italy close behind in second, FIFA announced on Monday.
World champions Italy are closing fast on top spot in the FIFA rankings after successive victories in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
Striker Andriy Shevchenko is struggling to play in Ukraine's Euro 2008 qualifier against world champions Italy in Rome on Saturday, coach Oleg Blokhin said on Wednesday.
Justine Henin-Hardenne will be out for three weeks with a torn knee muscle which forced her to quit in the decisive match of the Fed Cup final.
French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne heads Belgium's team for the Fed Cup final against Italy in Charleroi on September 16-17.
World champions Italy, fielding an entirely experimental side, lost 2-0 to Croatia in a friendly match in Livorno on Wednesday.
In a series of morning raids, Italian military police arrested five Algerians for their alleged affiliation with a terrorist group, authorities said Friday.
Italy reached their first Fed Cup final on Sunday when Flavia Pennetta overcame Spain's Lourdes Dominguez-Lino 6-2 6-4 to give her team an unassailable 3-1 semifinal lead in Zaragoza.
Fabio Grosso and Alessandro del Piero grabbed two goals in the final two minutes of extra-time to puncture the German World Cup party and send Italy into the final with a stunning 2-0 win.
Francesco Totti scored a penalty in the last minute of stoppage time to give 10-man Italy a 1-0 win over Australia in the World Cup second round on Monday.
Italy's football prosecutor has ordered four top teams, Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina, to stand trial in a match-fixing scandal that could see them thrown out of Serie A if found guilty.
Italy fought off the stubborn resistance of 10-man Czech Republic to secure a 2-0 victory in Hamburg on Thursday to top Group E.
Goals from Andrea Pirlo and Vincenzo Iaquinta gave Italy a 2-0 victory over Ghana in an entertaining World Cup Group E match.
World Cup finalists Switzerland and Italy shared a 1-1 draw in a warm-up match in Geneva on Wednesday.
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia after fracturing his left kneecap during Monday's third stage from Perwez to Namur.
Italy | Goalkeeper
Group E | World ranking: 12
Vacationing in Italy this past winter was in high demand thanks to the Olympics in Turin. But now that the games are over and before the summer crowds descend, bargains abound.
Italy coach Pierre Berbizier has made three injury-enforced changes to his starting side for Saturday's Six Nations clash against Wales in Cardiff.
Italy fired a warning to their World Cup rivals when they crushed a lackluster Germany 4-1 at Florence's Franchi stadium in a friendly on Wednesday.
Compared to the disqualifications and bitter words that overshadowed the short track speed skating at the last Winter Olympics, the competition at the Palavela has been a constant procession of politeness. Until now.
The deadly H5N1 bird flu strain that has killed at least 88 people around the world has been detected in Italy and Greece, according to officials.
The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way in Torino with an opening ceremony filled with "rhythm, passion and speed" to showcase Italian culture.
Italy has spared no effort to provide security for the Winter Olympics, premier Silvio Berlusconi said in Rome on Tuesday.
Italy coach Pierre Berbizier has restored Cristian Stoica to fullback for Italy's Six Nations opener against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.
Italy's military police have detained three Algerian nationals believed to be connected to a militant group with ties to al Qaeda, authorities said.
Italy came from a goal down to beat the Netherlands 3-1 in an entertaining World Cup warm-up international in Amsterdam.
The 2006 Giro d'Italia will start and feature four stages in Belgium before heading for tough mountain stages in the Dolomites and Western Alps, organizers revealed on Saturday.
Striker Francesco Totti and goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi have been ruled out of Italy's two friendly matches against the Netherlands and Ivory Coast.
Italy, who booked their place at the World Cup finals last weekend, beat Moldova 2-1 in their final Group Five qualifying match.
Italy striker Alessandro Del Piero is out of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Belarus after picking up a thigh strain.
UEFA have received five bids to host the European soccer championship in 2012, European soccer's governing body announced in a statement on Friday.
Italy scored three first-half tries then put up a blanket defense to beat Argentina 30-29 in the second rugby test in Cordoba and square the series.
Striker Cristiano Lucarelli missed a late penalty as Italy had to settle for a 1-1 draw in a friendly with Ecuador at Giants Stadium, New York.
Italy strengthened their chances of reaching the World Cup finals by drawing 0-0 with closest rivals Norway in a qualifying game with few chances.
Authorities in Italy say three Roman Catholic priests are among the 186 people under investigation in connection with an Internet pedophilia ring.
The United States and Italy failed to come to the same conclusions in the investigation of the shooting death of an Italian intelligence agent at a U.S. Army checkpoint in Baghdad last month, officials said Friday.
Lazio and Ternana were fined Tuesday but avoided home stadium bans after one of the worst weekends of soccer violence in Italy this season.
Winger Mark Cueto grabbed a hat-trick as England secured their first win of the 2005 Six Nations with a 39-7 victory over Italy at Twickenham.
Italy's attempts to have the results of a World Cup race at Schladming annulled because of errors in the timing system have been rejected by the sport's governing body.
Italy's justice ministry has sent inspectors to Milan to question a judge who dropped international terrorism charges against five North Africans earlier this week.
At least 13 people have been killed and another 50 injured when two trains collided in heavy fog in northern Italy, according to medical officials.
It's autumn in Italy, when even soccer fans become preoccupied with something more important: food.
Francesco Totti scored twice as Italy got their World Cup qualifying campaign back on track with a 4-3 victory over Belarus in a remarkable group five game.
A header by Bostjan Cesar eight minutes from time gave Slovenia a famous 1-0 win over Italy in their World Cup qualifier.
Italy's new coach Marcello Lippi suffered a woeful start when his side were beaten 2-0 by Iceland in their friendly match.
An Italian official has reiterated his government's vigilance over threats by terror groups angry at Italy's troop presence in Iraq.
Italian authorities say some of the 37 African immigrants who landed in Sicily after a three-week standoff in the Mediterranean appear to have lied about coming from Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region.
Italy has allowed 37 African shipwreck victims to disembark from a German humanitarian aid ship after a three-week standoff in the Mediterranean.
European soccer's ruling body UEFA has ruled out an inquiry into the 2-2 draw between Denmark and Sweden that ended Italy's interest in Euro 2004.
Italy crashed out of Euro 2004 despite beating already-eliminated Bulgaria 2-1 with a stoppage-time goal from Antonio Cassano in Guimaraes on Tuesday.
Denmark's European Championship goal drought continued in a 0-0 draw against a disappointing Italy in the Group C opener in Guimaraes on Monday.
AC Milan striker Jon Dahl Tomasson is confident his Denmark side can pull off a major upset by defeating Italy in their opening match of Euro 2004.
Italy completed their Euro 2004 preparations in style with a 4-0 win over African champions Tunisia.
Afghanistan has disbanded its national soccer team after nine players disappeared from a training camp in Italy last week, an official said on Tuesday.
The border between Italy and Slovenia is barely visible here. Neighboring rooftops sit in two different towns in two different countries.
A series of recent police raids and arrests suggest the Italian government remains concerned about the possibility that Italy may be the next terror target.
Italy second row Santiago Dellape risks missing Saturday's Six Nations match against Wales after aggravating an ankle injury during training.
Cycling stars Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich will both miss May's Giro d'Italia -- race organizers have revealed.
Fly-half Frederic Michalak, who missed the 25-0 victory over Italy with a shoulder injury, has been recalled to France's squad for their Six Nations match away to Wales on March 7.
Argentine-born second row Gaston Llanos has been cleared to play for Italy -- handing coach John Kirwan a major boost.
Italian bus, train and metro workers have gone on strike in various cities on Friday, disrupting transport for a second day in a row over demands for better pay.
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