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Alitalia crisis keeps Italian PM at home

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi canceled his trip to attend this week's United Nations General Assembly so he can personally follow the crisis involving national air carrier Alitalia, senior government officials said Tuesday.

Bankrupt Alitalia cancels 40 flights

Bankrupt Alitalia canceled 40 flights on Wednesday after a small union called a four-hour strike to protest layoffs and other tough measures in a rescue plan by potential investors.

Time.com: Italy Using Soldiers to Fight Crime

Hundreds of soldiers were deployed Monday in cities across Italy as part of government measures to fight street crime

Time.com: Italian Row Over Insult to Patriotism

A minister's obscene gesture, aimed at the national anthem, could threaten Berlusconi's coalition government

Berlusconi claims trash victory

For years, it's been a national embarrassment. Over the past year, it's spiraled into a crisis damaging Italy's image all over the world: the heaps of garbage lining the streets of Naples.

Naples clean-up under way

The Italian prime minister plans to declare Friday that the worst part of a garbage crisis in Naples is over, even though a visit to one neighborhood found residents still living amid huge piles of trash.

Berlusconi rivals rally support against new law

Italian opposition parties are planning to demonstrate Tuesday against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's attempt to pass legislation that critics say would protect him in an ongoing court case.

Time.com: Berlusconi Appeals for Communion

Italy's leader joins other prominent divorced and remarried Catholics in asking the Pope to reconsider the ban on their taking the sacrament

Analysis: Irish PM center stage in EU 'pantomime'

There is often an air of theatrical unreality about EU summits. This one seems to be the Keystone Cops Meets Othello, or any other tragedy you care to name.

Bush meets with Italian ally on Europe tour

U.S. President George W. Bush's farewell tour of Europe took him to Rome on Thursday, where he met with his friend and ally, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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