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Mafia now ‘Italy's No.1 bank’ as crisis bites: report

Organized crime has tightened its grip on the Italian economy during the economic crisis, making the Mafia the country's biggest ‘bank’ and squeezing the life out of thousands of small firms, accordin

Spanish model caught hiding cocaine in fake breasts

A 33-year-old Spanish model was arrested at the Rome airport for attempting to smuggle 2.5 kg cocaine in prosthetic breasts.

The model - who arrived on a flight from San Paolo, Brazil, and identified

Look, no hands! Italian driver caught using two phones

An Italian driver was stopped by astonished police in the southern city of Bari on Saturday when they saw him speaking on two phones with a handset in each hand and no control of the wheel.

Asked to

Italy’s Monti faces confidence vote on austerity

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Italy's government faces a confidence vote in parliament on Friday, a move to speed up approval of a 33-billion euro ($43 billion) austerity package intended to restore market confidence in the euro zone's third largest economy.

Italy unveils draconian measures as recession looms

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Italy on Sunday unveiled a draconian austerity programme worth 20 billion euros ($27 billion) in a bid to avoid bankruptcy for the eurozone's third largest economy but warned a new recession was loomi

Italy: 3 brothers suffer heart attacks on same day

Three Sicilian brothers had heart attacks on the same day, which killed two of them, while the third was saved because was visiting his mother in hospital, the Corriere della Sera daily said on Tuesda

Monti's government wins Italian senate confidence vote

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's government on Thursday won a confidence vote in the senate, hours after the former EU commissioner laid out radical reforms to cut Rome's huge debt burden.

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Silvio Berlusconi releases love songs on last day in office

Italy's former prime minister and cruise-ship crooner Silvio Berlusconi released an album of love songs on his last day in office on Wednesday.

The self-declared Latin lover, who often boasted that h

Ten-man Uruguay stun Italy in Rome

Sebastian Fernandez scored the only goal of the game as Uruguay stunned Italy with a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico here on Tuesday.

In a game that had seven bookings and a red card fo

Ten-man Uruguay stun Italy in Rome

Sebastian Fernandez scored the only goal of the game as Uruguay stunned Italy with a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico here on Tuesday.

In a game that had seven bookings and a red card fo

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