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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.
A court in Grosseto, Italy, begins pre-trial hearings to decide who should stand trial over last year's Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster.
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An environmental campaigner, considered to be the driving force behind Italy's zero-waste movement, is one of the winners of the 2013 Goldman Prize.
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SyriaFour Italian journalists who were held hostage in Syria for nearly two weeks have been released, say officials in Italy.
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A special panel of "wise men" presents reform proposals aimed at unblocking Italy's political stalemate.
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Robbers in Italy target two security vans in an elaborately planned ambush on a motorway and escape with a huge haul of gold bars, police say.
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L'Aquila in central Italy is commemorating the fourth anniversary of the devastating earthquake which left 309 people dead.
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United StatesItalian President Giorgio Napolitano pardons a US Air Force colonel convicted in absentia over the rendition of an Egyptian imam in 2003.
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SwitzerlandThe gold was found in an under floor storage compartment in vehicle that belonged to an Italian family who normally live in Switzerland.
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United KingdomA drawing by Italian master Raphael, held by a private collector, is placed under an export ban as attempts are made to find the £29m needed to keep in the UK.
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The woman known as "Ruby Heartstealer" protests outside a court in Italy to deny claims she was paid for having sex with former PM Silvio Berlusconi.
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IndiaThe lights at Rome's famous Colosseum were switched off as part of a protest against the forthcoming trial of two Italian marines in India.
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Italian authorities seize assets worth 1.3bn euros ($1.7bn: £1.1bn) from a Sicilian wind farm tycoon in the country's biggest seizure of its kind.
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Rome's latter-day charioteers ride into the sunset
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IndiaIndia's top court withdraws its earlier order barring the Italian ambassador from leaving India after a row over Italian marines accused of killing two Indians.
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The Turin Shroud - which is revered by many Christians as the burial cloth of Jesus Christ - is shown live on Italian TV.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says he will ask a select group of people to advise on ending an impasse in forming a new government.
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Horse-racing tracks around Italy are facing the threat of closure, and many of the animals who race at them could be destroyed.
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A month after Italy held a general election, its political leaders have yet to form a government, with the Democratic Party leading the vote but failing to win a majority.
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Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi opposes the idea of a new technocratic government for Italy like that led by Mario Monti.
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Italy's political limbo continues as centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani fails to form a cabinet after a week of talks with other parties.
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Pope Francis washes inmates' feet in a youth detention centre in Rome as part of an annual pre-Easter service to commemorate Christ's Last Supper.
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Thousands of pilgrims have been arriving in Rome to attend ceremonies during the holy week ahead of Easter.
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Italy's leftist leader Pier Luigi Bersani says only someone "mentally ill" would want to govern Italy now.
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United StatesUS student Amanda Knox has said she will fight to clear her name after an Italian court overturned her acquittal for killing Briton Meredith Kercher.
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JWT India sacks employees over controversial adverts, including one showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in a car boot.
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US student Amanda Knox has said she will fight to clear her name after an Italian court overturned her acquittal for killing Briton Meredith Kercher.
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Second seed Andy Murray beats Italy's Andreas Seppi in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Sony Open in Miami.
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IndiaForeign Minister Giulio Terzi quits over Italy's decision to send two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen, to Delhi for trial.
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United StatesUS student Amanda Knox says she will fight to clear her name after an Italian court overturns her acquittal for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.
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United KingdomAmanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have their acquittals for killing Briton Meredith Kercher in Italy overturned and face a re-run of their appeal.
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Italy's highest court is due to rule on an appeal against the acquittal of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito over the murder of Meredith Kercher.
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IndiaThe Indian unit of Ford apologises for an advert showing former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the boot of a car.
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Pope Francis has begun the most intensive week of the Catholic Church's year with a Palm Sunday Mass in Rome.
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Italy's centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani is asked by the president to try to form a new government, following inconclusive elections.
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IndiaTwo Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen return to Delhi for their trial, Indian officials say, as diplomatic tensions ease.
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At times of European austerity, Italy's artisan cheese makers are resorting to some more unusual methods to make their products appealing to buyers.
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IndiaTwo Italian marines accused of murdering two Indian fishermen, in a case that has sparked a diplomatic row, are to be sent back for trial.
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Italy's Five Star Movement, headed by comedian Beppe Grillo, officially asks President Giorgio Napolitano for a mandate to form a new government.
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Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on the Thursday before Easter next week by washing the feet of prisoners in a youth detention centre, the Vatican says.
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Italy's former 200m world record holder and Olympic champion Pietro Mennea dies, aged 60.
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United KingdomBritain's Laura Robson beats Camila Giorgi, of Italy, 6-2 4-6 6-3 to reach the second round of the Miami Masters.
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IrelandIreland centre Brian O'Driscoll is suspended for three weeks for stamping in the Six Nations match against Italy.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano holds talks with political leaders to try to form a new government after February's election stalemate
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Pope Francis inaugurates his papacy at a Mass in Rome, calling on global leaders and all people of the world to defend the poor and the weak.
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The inauguration Mass for Pope Francis has been held in St Peter's Square in Rome, marking the official start of his papacy.
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IndiaItaly accuses India of violating international law on diplomatic immunity by preventing its ambassador from leaving the country.
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IndiaIndia's Supreme Court rules that Italy's ambassador has no legal immunity, in a row over Rome's refusal to return two Italian marines charged with murder.
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Pope Francis has delivered the Angelus prayer and blessing before a crowd of many thousands gathered in St Peter's Square in Rome
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Pope Francis delivers the traditional Angelus prayer and blessing before a crowd of many thousands gathered in St Peter's Square in Rome.
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IrelandItaly beat Ireland for the first time in Six Nations history in what could be Brian O'Driscoll's final game for the Irish.
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