Berlusconi gagged girls Ford ads pulled

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Mount Etna paints Sicilian skies red

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Mount Etna, sixth eruption this year

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Is Europe's tallest active volcano, Mount Etna, displaying its wrath in 2013? Its current eruption is the sixth this year. . ..more

Siena Italy: World's oldest bank in trouble

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The world’s oldest bank, founded in 1472, is in financial trouble. The Banca Monte dei Paschi has traditionally provided funding for the famous Piazza del Campo horse race in Siena. .....more


New pope selected-Pope Francis I

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Early evening Wednesday, GMT, white smoke is seen billowing out of the temporary chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City.   more

Berlusconi feels compelled to return to politics

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Former Italian Prime Minister, Sylvio Berlusconi, was jailed for four years. He and accomplices were found guilty of tax fraud. How the mighty fall.Berlusconi has always sailed close to the wind and in the past faced many sleaze allegations.  .....more

Eurozone descends from dream to nightmare

Self-serving character assassinations of Pope Francis I

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Catholics around the world celebrated the election of their new pope, Pope Francis I. He was not a forerunner in the contest, but it was later revealed .....more

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi convicted of wiretap, sentenced to one year in jail