Of the more than 200 people who packed themselves onto a 40-foot boat for a dangerous journey out of Libya and across the Mediterranean earlier this week, only 51 are alive today. The rest are gone, swept into icy waters after their boat capsized during a rescue operation early Wednesday morning.
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Sex, Television and Berlusconi’s Path to Power
Standing in their uniform miniskirts and stilettos, three young women bend over ironing boards, pressing men’s shirts before a live studio audience. They’re competing to be schedine, young women who dance a little, wear little and say little on Quelli Che …
The Brief, Bizarre Start of Berlusconi’s Sex Trial
The television vans had lined up early Wednesday morning. Telephone cables had been laid.
Amanda Knox’s Appeal: A Case of Too Little DNA?
The eight Italians who will decide the fate of Amanda Knox, the American college student who is appealing a 2009 conviction of the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, won’t officially consider a review of the DNA evidence for more than another month.
Italian Town Dreams of a White (No Foreigners) Christmas
Italy’s influential Northern League Party has stood out over the past decade for its particular knack in finding new ways of offending people based on country of origin and color of skin.
Benfica put five past weakened Everton
Benfica crushed injury-hit Everton 5-0 to end the English club’s perfect record in Group I of the Europa League on Thursday night.
Berlusconi’s son on growing up in Italy’s first family
Pier Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s eldest son and a top official in his media empire, says his father was “always there for me.” Berlusconi, 40, is vice chairman of Mediaset SpA, the Italian commercial television network founded by his father and now owned by the Berlusconi family through the holding company, Fininvest.
Berlusconi: I don’t really like my job
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he governs Italy out of a sense of duty and sacrifice, not because he enjoys the job.
Italy denies report it ‘paid off’ Taliban to protect its troops
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied Thursday that payments to the Taliban in Afghanistan were authorized to protect Italian soldiers deployed there. The accusation, published by the London Times, is “baseless,” his office said in a written statement
Beckham: Milan move is ’95 percent done’
David Beckham has confirmed that he is almost certain to return to Italian club AC Milan on loan when the transfer window re-opens in January. The Los Angeles Galaxy star, who earned his 115th international cap for England in Wednesday night’s World Cup qualifier against Belarus, had a successful spell at the Serie A club in the second half of last season