Italy
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Ottavio Missoni, co-founder of Italian fashion company, dies at 92
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Italian fashion company Missoni says co-founder Ottavio Missoni has died at 92.
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Amanda Knox interview airs on ABC 7
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More than a year and a half after walking out of an Italian court a free woman, and just weeks after another judge tossed out her acquittal in the murder of her roommate, Amanda Knox will speak out on national television for the first time Tuesday night.
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Amanda Knox case: Italian court overturns Knox acquittal
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Italy's highest criminal court has overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial.
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Conclave 2013: Live video from The Vatican, Sistine Chapel chimney
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Catholics worldwide are once again keeping their eyes on a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, waiting for word of the selection of a new pope. Watch our live video of the Sistine Chapel chimney here as we wait for white smoke..
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Former Italy Premier Silvio Berlusconi convicted for wiretap publications
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A Milan court has convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for the illegal publication of transcripts of wiretapped conversations in a newspaper owned by his media empire.
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Limoncello from Don Ciccio and Figli
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Colosseum cleaning yields old frescos, graffiti
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A restoration of the Colosseum's only intact internal passageway has yielded some unusual drawings. Check out the photos to see what you think!
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Italy temporarily closes consulate in Benghazi after failed gun attack
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Italy is temporarily closing its consulate in Benghazi and has pulled its staff out of the country after a failed gun attack on the consul in eastern Libya, the foreign ministry said.
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Women go topless to protest Vatican's opposition to gay marriage
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The small demonstration at the Vatican coincided with a march in Paris that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage and let gay couples adopt children.
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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi engaged to a woman nearly 50 years younger
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Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has revealed he is engaged to a woman almost 50 years his junior, and says that "finally I feel less alone."
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Venice flooding at record highs
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Heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds have flooded Venice and brought the lagoon city's high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began being kept 150 years ago.
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Italian man protests at Vatican, against Italian government
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An Italian man has eluded Vatican security and scaled the 42 foot high dome of St. Peter's Basilica to protest Italian government and European Union policies.
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Venice Tornado
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Tornadoes don't happen often in Italy, but a tornado tore through some islands in Venice on the morning of June 12, 2012.
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Italy earthquake 2012: Earthquake kills at least 16 people
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Rescuers say they have pulled a woman alive from the rubble of her apartment building, 12 hours after a killer quake hit northern Italy. Officials changed Tuesday's death toll to 16 - one lower than earlier reported - and said one person remains missing. The number of injured was raised to 350.
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Costa Condordia wreck: Five bodies recovered
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Divers on Monday recovered five bodies found last week in the wreck of the Costa Concordia, two months after the cruise ship struck a reef and capsized off Italy's Tuscan coast.
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Costa Concordia: possibility of unregistered passengers, official says
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Unregistered passengers might have been aboard the stricken cruise liner that capsized off this Tuscan island, a top rescue official said.
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Costa-Concordia: Anna Figueredo, Silver Spring resident, survives Italian cruise disaster
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For Silver Spring resident Anna Figueredo, the nightmare started when she felt the ship swaying violently, then their 5th floor cabin began filling up with water.
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Costa Concordia crash: Search suspended after stricken ship shifts
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Authorities have suspended the search for people still missing after a cruise ship ran aground and capsized off the Italian coast last week.
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