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Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy

ROME, Italy (AP) — A bomb exploded yesterday outside an Italian high school named after the wife of an assassinated anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing one student and wounding at least seven others, officials said.

Rome recalls ambassador from India in piracy spat

ROME (Reuters) - Italy recalled its ambassador from New Delhi on Friday after two Italian members of an anti-piracy unit were charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen in an escalation of an increasingly tense diplomatic dispute. The Italian marines, who were members of a security detachment protecting the merchant vessel Enrica Lexie, have been held in the southern Indian state of Kerala ...

Italy boosts security, raps attacks on tax officials

ROME (Reuters) - Italy acted on Thursday to step up security against a resurgence of politically inspired violence driven by its economic crisis and Prime Minister Mario Monti voiced "unconditional support" to tax officials who have come under repeated attack. The measures underscore the growing attention Italian authorities are paying to the threat of violence, either from individuals ...

Italy names 32-man squad for Euro 2012

ROME: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli yesterday named a 32-man squad for Euro 2012 which starts in Poland and Ukraine next month.

Death of female student in blast revives dark memories of era when bloody attacks rocked Italy

ROME - A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student has revived dark memories of the 70s and 80s, when terrorists, anarchists and organized crime carried out dozens of bloody attacks across the country.

Italy bomb blast kills girl outside school

The attack at the entrance of a high school in Brindisi injures at least four others. Police suspect organized-crime involvement. ROME — A bomb exploded at the entrance of a high school in southern Italy named for the wife of a slain anti-Mafia judge, killing a 16-year-old girl and injuring at least four people as students were arriving at school for Saturday classes.

Italy court upholds ruling clearing Berlusconi

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's highest appeals court on Friday upheld a decision that cleared former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a fraud and embezzlement case related to his private broadcaster Mediaset. Milan magistrates who wanted Berlusconi to be indicted lodged an appeal after a judge ruled last October that there was not enough evidence for a trial for the former prime minister. ...

Italy dedicates 1,400-year-old olive tree to Michelle Obama

ROME, Italy - A province in southern Italy has dedicated a 1,400-year-old olive tree known as "The Queen" to US First Lady Michelle Obama because of her commitment to promoting healthy lifestyles.

Italy summons Indian ambassador over sailors' murder charges

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's foreign ministry summoned India's ambassador to Rome, Debabrata Saha, on Saturday after an Indian court pressed ahead with murder charges for two Italian sailors accused of shooting two Indian fishermen they mistook for pirates in February. The ministry "firmly signalled the unacceptable judicial developments related to the Italian sailors," the statement said. ...

Marchers in Rome Protest Italy's Allowing Abortion

Mother's Day marchers in Rome protest Italy's law allowing abortion, draws Americans