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We have started to collect the most important news related to Italy in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
The Italian government has launched a 105m-euro (£87m) project to save one of the world's greatest archaeological treasures, the ancient city of Pompeii.
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The Italian government announces a major new investment to save the ancient site of Pompeii from decline.
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Leading Italian populist politician Umberto Bossi resigns as head of the Northern League after a financial scandal engulfs the party.
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IndiaThe government of the eastern Indian state of Orissa offers to free 27 Maoists and their supporters in exchange for the release of a state legislator and an Italian tourist.
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Italian firms cheer labour reforms, but workers are angry
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Prosecutors in Italy investigate the right-wing Northern League party - formerly allied to ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi - for suspected fraud.
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Italian footballer Andrea Masiello is arrested after reportedly admitting to match-fixing while he played for Bari.
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The resignation of a town mayor in southern Italy following threats from the mafia has exposed the difficulties facing elected officials there.
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ThailandAn Italian banker wanted in Rome to serve a jail term for mafia links is arrested in Thailand after almost three decades on the run, authorities say.
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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini admits he does not trust striker Mario Balotelli, but will continue to play the Italian.
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Italian police discover a life-sized bust of actor Al Pacino as the drugs boss "Scarface" when they raid the home of a suspected drugs boss near Naples.
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Italians are left shocked by two cases in as many days in which men set themselves alight in protest at their financial circumstances.
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Barcelona will need to beat AC Milan at the Nou Camp to ensure their place in the Champions League semi-finals after being held in Italy.
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A major Italian union is to strike in protest at labour law reform, following the example of the country's main union federation.
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Italy's Monti defies unions over labour reform
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PortugalTributes are paid to Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi, a fierce critic of Silvio Berlusconi, following his death in Lisbon at the age of 68.
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IndiaClaudio Colangelo, one of two Italians taken hostage by Maoist rebels in India almost two weeks ago, is released.
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Work to remove fuel from the wreck of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been completed, Italian officials announce.
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Five more bodies are found near the wreck of the Costa Concordia, more than two months after the cruise ship capsized off the Italian coast.
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Guerra, whose work helped define post-war Italian cinema, dies in Rimini after a short illness.
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A High Court judge has ordered Force India to pay more than £700,000 in unpaid fees to Italian race car design company Aerolab.
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Italy's largest trade union, the CGIL, says it will hold a general strike over government plans to reform employment laws.
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IndiaMaoist rebels in eastern India extend to late Wednesday a deadline for their demands to be met for the release of two Italian hostages.
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti begins tough talks with unions on labour law reform as he tries to turn around the economy.
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Italian police arrest 16 judges in what is described as a big anti-mafia operation centred on the southern city of Naples.
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Italian Consul General Joel Melchiori says he is "hopeful" two Italians kidnapped by Maoist rebels in the eastern state of Orissa will be released.
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More than 50 immigrants have been rescued from a stranded boat off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
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The Vatican opens a rare criminal investigation into unauthorised leaks to the Italian media of confidential documents.
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Italian carmaker Fiat halts production at all five of its plants in its home country, as it struggles to cope with a transport strike.
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United KingdomA man aged 20 has been arrested in northern Italy on suspicion of plotting an attack on a synagogue in Milan.
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The mayor of a town in southern Italy has banned dying because his town has run out of burial space.
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NigeriaThe man suspected of planning the kidnapping of a Briton and an Italian man in Nigeria dies in police custody, according to officials.
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Nigeria, United KingdomUK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond tells MPs that the attempted rescue of a British and Italian hostage in Nigeria was their "best chance".
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Researchers in Italy say they may have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci painting hidden in a Florentine fresco.
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Wales stay on course for a third Six Nations Grand Slam in eight years with a hard-earned win over Italy in Cardiff.
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Coast guards in Italy use helicopters to rescue the crew of a cargo ship after it ran aground on a reef off Sicily in stormy seas.
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Women still battling for respect in the new Italy
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Nigeria, United KingdomItaly and Britain's foreign ministers move to defuse the diplomatic row that erupted over a failed hostage rescue in Nigeria.
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Nigeria, United KingdomItaly's foreign minister asks Britain to provide "utmost clarity" within "hours" about the failed attempt to rescue a Briton and Italian in Nigeria, as a row over the handling of the operation deepens.
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United KingdomWarren Gatland admits he would "hate to see the reaction in Wales" if his Grand Slam chasers lose to Italy in the Six Nations.
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Nigeria, United KingdomA British engineer and his Italian colleague, who were abducted in Nigeria last year, have died in a failed rescue attempt, David Cameron says.
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United KingdomGethin Jenkins seeks to lead Wales to victory at the fourth time of asking when they face Italy on Saturday.
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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini confirms Mario Balotelli has been fined a week's wages, which the Italian has accepted.
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The death of one of Italy's most popular singers, Lucio Dalla, sparks debate about attitudes towards homosexuality in the country.
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Key information about the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is handed over to a panel of experts as part of a pre-trial hearing in Italy.
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Key information about the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship has been handed over to a panel of experts during a pre-trial hearing in Italy.
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The unemployment rate in the eurozone continued to rise in January, hitting a new record of 10.7%, the Eurostat agency says.
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An Italian coastguard official says the stricken cruise ship Costa Allegra is being slowed down by strong sea currents.
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The Italian cruise ship left adrift with more than 1,000 people on board after a power failure now faces a longer journey before reaching land.
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Indian OceanThe Italian cruise ship being towed after a power failure is not expected to reach land until Thursday, after safety concerns prompt a change of route.
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