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  • Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear, died Thursday in northern Italy.
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italy, fashion, entertainment
  • Two Italian paramilitary police officers were shot and wounded Sunday in a crowded square outside the premier's office in Rome.
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italy, shooting, national/world
  • Costa Concordia
  • The owner of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia asked a court on Monday to consider it a victim of the disaster.
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italy, cruises, national/world
  • Amanda Knox is one of Barbara Walters Most Fascinating People of 2011. Knoxwon her appeal against her murder conviction on Oct. 3, 2011 in Perugia, Italy.
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  • Italy's highest criminal court ordered a whole new trial for Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend on Tuesday, overturning their acquittals in the gruesome slaying of her British roommate.
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  • Amanda Knox is one of Barbara Walters Most Fascinating People of 2011. Knoxwon her appeal against her murder conviction on Oct. 3, 2011 in Perugia, Italy.
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  • Italy's highest court says it will issue a decision Tuesday morning on whether to overturn American student Amanda Knox's acquittal in the murder of her roommate.
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  • A Reading man who spent years on the lam after allegedly killing his estranged wife was captured in Italy on Friday.
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pennsylvania, reading, italy, homicide, local/state
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  • You're expecting hundreds of thousands of guests. You don't know where they're coming from, or when they'll arrive. You don't even know the date of the celebration.
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rome, italy, vatican, pope benedict xvi, national/world
  • A Milan court on Thursday convicted former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of breach of confidentiality for the illegal publication of wiretapped conversations related to a failed bank takeover in a newspaper owned by his media empire.
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italy, national/world
  • President Barack Obama greets outgoing Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, and takes the opportunity to thank Italy for its participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and contributions in Afghanistan.
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president barack obama, italy, white house, washington, d.c., national/world
  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday Feb. 13, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI is telling the faithful in his first public appearance since announcing his resignation that he stepping down for the good of the church. Benedict received a lengthy standing ovation when he entered the packed audience hall Wednesday. He was interrupted by applause by the throngs of people, many of whom had tears in their eyes. At the start of his audience, he repeated in Italian what he had told cardinals Monday in Latin: that he simply didnt have the strength to continue. He said I did this in full liberty for the good of the church. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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  • Starting his public farewell to his flock, a weary Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his final public Mass as pontiff, presiding over Ash Wednesday services hours after a bittersweet audience that produced the extraordinary scene of the pope explaining his decision to step down directly to the faithful.
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pope benedict xvi, vatican, italy, national/world
  • Costa Concordia
  • Survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck and relatives of the 32 people who died marked the first anniversary of the grounding Sunday with the unveiling of memorials to the victims, a tearful Mass in their honor and a minute of silence to recall the exact moment that the cruise ship rammed into a reef off Tuscany.
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italy, cruises, national/world
  • A small plane disappeared in Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people.
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italy, venezuela, national/world
  • Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday granted his former butler a Christmas pardon for stealing the pontiff's private papers and leaking them to a journalist.
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  • A Swarthmore College student remains in a Rome hospital after last Thursday night's brawl inside a pub.
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new jersey, italy, england, fight, rome, local/state, vernon odom
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  • Three Swarthmore College students studying abroad were injured during a bar brawl with soccer fans in Italy.
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  • Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi
  • Italian police have arrested six people accused of trying to extort ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi for ¬35 million ($45 million) in exchange for documents they claimed could help him in a legal case.
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italy, national/world
  • Pope John Paul II
  • The city of Rome unveiled a revamped statue of Pope John Paul II on Monday after the first one was pilloried by the public and the Vatican.
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pope john paul ii, italy, entertainment
  • A tourist crosses flooded St. Marks Square in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. High tides have flooded Venice, leading Venetians and tourists to don high boots and use wooden walkways to cross St. Marks Square and other areas under water. Flooding is common this time of year and Sundays level that reached a peak of 58.66 inches (149 centimeters) was below the 63 inches (160 centimeters) recorded four years ago in the worst flooding in decades. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)
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flooding, italy, local/state
  • 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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italy, flooding, national/world
  • Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married.
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hollywood, italy, weddings, justin timberlake, entertainment
  • The pope's butler was convicted Saturday of stealing private documents and leaking them to a journalist. He faces 18 months in prison.
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  • Protest at Vatican
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  • Protest at Vatican
  • An Italian man scaled the 426-foot high dome of St. Peter's Basilica to protest austerity measures Italy enacted.
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  • Court-appointed experts have pointed the finger of blame primarily at the captain of a cruise ship that ran aground off Italy, killing 32.
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italy, national/world
  • The Vatican says it will announce its decision Monday on whether to order the pope's butler to stand trial.
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pope benedict xvi, vatican, italy, national/world
  • Spain won its third straight major soccer title Sunday, beating Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final.
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spain, italy, europe, sports
  • Italian rescue workers removed the last earthquake victim from the rubble Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 17 as the government approved measures to rebuild the quake-hit area so crucial to Italy's economic health.
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italy, earthquake, national/world
  • An Italian Policeman blocks off collapsed Dome area in Mirandola, northern Italy, Tuesday, May 29, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the same area of northern Italy stricken by another fatal tremor on May 20. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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  • A strong earthquake rattled northern Italy early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least four people.
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italy, earthquake, severe weather, national/world
  • A $200 million lawsuit has been filed in New York federal court on behalf of four Hungarian musicians and dancers aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy in January.
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lawsuit, italy, cruises, new york, national/world
  • The maker of high-speed, high-priced sports cars could be getting into the SUV business.
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  • Mt. Etna erupts
  • Click play to see dramatic video of Mt. Etna erupting for the third time in a month.
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volcano, italy, national/world
  • Costa Concordia
  • Italian officials say they have identified the bodies of an American couple and two German nationals who perished when the Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized.
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cruises, italy, national/world
  • Pope Benedict XVI, carrying a tall, lit candle, ushered in Christianity's most joyous celebration with an Easter vigil service Saturday night, but voiced fears that mankind is groping in darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil.
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pope benedict xvi, easter, italy, national/world
  • U.S. marshals briefly seized a cruise ship in coastal Texas on Saturday under a judge's order in a $10 million lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman who died in the Italian cruise ship disaster.
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carnival, cruises, texas, italy, national/world
  • Hospital pharmacists are threatening to cut Italians off from their Viagra unless the government amends its plans to reform professions that have high entry barriers.
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italy, drugs, bizarre bazaar
  • Costa Concordia
  • Divers have recovered the five bodies that were 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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cruises, italy, national/world
  • Amanda Knox's former boyfriend will be the first to tell about the Italian murder trial that made them famous worldwide.
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amanda knox, writers, italy, entertainment
  • Since the start of the month it has been illegal to die in Falciano del Massico, a village of 3,700 people some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Naples in southern Italy.
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italy, bizarre bazaar
  • A researcher searching for a lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco claims that a hidden wall in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio contains colors consistent with those used by the Renaissance master.
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italy, entertainment
  • Costa Concordia
  • Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies Wednesday.
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cruises, italy, national/world
  • Underwater pumping operations began Sunday to remove some of the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the Costa Concordia, officials said, nearly a month after the cruise ship ran aground off Tuscany.
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italy, cruises, national/world
  • An Italian court has refused to lift an order of house arrest for Francesco Schettino.
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  • Action News
  • Police divers are searching the Tiber in Rome for a 16-month-old boy who witnesses said was thrown into the river by his father.
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italy, children, national/world