By Sabina Castelfranco Brindisi, Italy 29 August 2006 A naval task force with the first 1,000 Italian troops set sail for Lebanon Tuesday following a farewell ceremony in the waters off the southern coast of Italy. Up to 2,500 Italian troops will be...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 17 May 2006 Italy's 61st post-war government, led by center-left leader Romano Prodi has been sworn in after five weeks of political vacuum. The government must now win con...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 14 May 2006 A football (soccer) scandal in Italy is taking its toll. One Italian referee's accreditation to the upcoming World Cup in Germany has been withdrawn, and prosec...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 May 2006 Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon signs autographs Italian football is being rocked by a scandal less than a month before the start of the World Cup Champion...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 11 April 2006 This March 7, 2005 file photo released by Italian police shows a recent identity at left, and an older one at right, of Bernardo Provenzano Italian police hav...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 05 April 2006 For the past five years, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has headed the center-right coalition government. It has been the longest serving government...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 March 2006 A former Italian minister who made controversial T-shirts emblazoned with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed says it is an honor to be hated by al-Qaida. His wo...
By Parke Brewer Turin 21 February 2006 The United States domination in men's long track speed skating events at the Turin Winter Olympics has ended, as an Italian has won the 1,500 meters Tuesday even...
By Parke Brewer Turin 17 February 2006 Cities that host the Olympics hope that people who watch the Games on television will be inspired to visit, and that those who visit will want to return. But as...
By Sabina Castelfranco Turin 12 February 2006 Francesco Storace gestures at a press conference in Rome, February 11, 2006 Italian veterinary officials were meeting Sunday, after the country's first co...