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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 world's oldest bank, Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is asking for a taxpayer funded bailout after making severe losses.
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Manchester City hold talks with AC Milan and Juventus about the possible sale of Italian striker Mario Balotelli.
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Manchester City's David Platt says Mario Balotelli will not be moving to AC Milan despite reports in the Italian media.
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Cat lovers in Rome are in a fight with officials over the occupation of one of the city's historic sites.
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An earthquake shakes parts of northern Italy and is felt as far away as Milan and Florence, although there are no immediate reports of injuries.
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Shareholders of the world's oldest bank, Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, approve a plan needed to get a state bailout amid revelations that it concealed loss-making risky trades.
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Why Italian authorities confiscate companies
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A Europe-wide arrest warrant is issued for Italy's "King of the Paparazzi" Fabrizio Corona after he went on the run over a blackmail conviction.
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The new weapon of the Italian tax office in the fight against cheats
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IndiaIndia's Supreme Court turns down a bid by the Italian government to transfer to Italy the case of two of its marines charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen.
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The mystery of an Italian hero's final resting place
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MoroccoAn Italian court denies ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's request to postpone his trial on sex and abuse of power charges until after elections.
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Survivors of the Costa Concordia disaster and relatives of the 32 people killed have been marking a year since the luxury cruise liner hit rocks and capsized off the Italian island of Giglio.
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LibyaThe Italian consul in Libya's second city, Benghazi, escapes unharmed after unidentified gunmen open fire on his bullet-proof car.
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The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship in Italy will be removed by September at the latest, officials say on the eve of the disaster's first anniversary.
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GermanyA 13-year-old boy takes his father's Mercedes and drives from Italy all the way to Germany after an alleged row with his mother.
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United States70-year search for US troops who drowned in Italy
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EgyptEgypt's antiquities ministry says Italian archaeologists have unearthed tombs in Luxor that are more than 3,000 years old.
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Why there is little fresh on Italian election menu
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NigeriaPirates free three Italians kidnapped by gunmen off the coast of Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region last month, says Italy's foreign ministry.
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Archaeologists in Italy say they have discovered what they've called a "very important" series of statues dating back to the Roman era, linked to the celebrated poet Ovid.
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Silvio Berlusconi will not be a candidate for prime minister in next month's Italian election, according to a pact he has signed with the Northern League party.
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VenezuelaAuthorities intensify search efforts for a small plane which disappeared off the coast of Venezuela on Friday with six people on board - including the director of the Italian fashion house Missoni, Vittorio Missoni.
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RussiaTwo Italian skiers die in an avalanche in north-eastern Italy, in the same valley where six Russian tourists were killed just a day earlier.
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VenezuelaA small aircraft carrying the director of Italian fashion house Missoni has disappeared off the coast of Venezuela.
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RussiaSix Russian tourists die as their snowmobile flips over during a night-time run down an Alpine ski slope in north-eastern Italy, reports say.
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VenezuelaA small aircraft carrying the director of Italian fashion house Missoni is missing after disappearing off the coast of Venezuela.
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Sales of Ferrari and Maserati cars fall sharply in the land of their birth as Italy's financial and economic woes bite even the richest Italians.
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Ghana's Kevin-Prince Boateng leads AC Milan players in walking off after being racially abused during a friendly match.
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Italy's central bank suspends bank card payments in the Vatican, saying it has not fully implemented anti-laundering legislation, media say.
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Italy's caretaker Prime Minister, Mario Monti, promises to cut labour taxes in an interview seen as the launch of his election campaign.
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Italian TV boss wants fewer raunchy shows
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The Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who won the Nobel prize for her work on cells, dies at the age of 103.
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Italy's caretaker Prime Minister Mario Monti is to lead a coalition of centre parties going into a parliamentary election in February.
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Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay 36m euros (£30m) a year to his ex-wife Veronica Lario, reports say.
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A priest from a seaside village in northern Italy has provoked outrage by saying that women who are victims of domestic and sexual violence often bring the abuse on themselves.
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The Vatican newspaper endorses outgoing Italian PM Mario Monti's indication that he may run for a second term, at the head of a new coalition.
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NigeriaGunmen kidnap four foreign sailors off the Nigerian coast after attacking their vessel, reportedly owned by an Italian firm, officials say.
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti says he is not siding with any party in the next elections, but remains available to head a future government.
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Mario Monti, who resigned as Italy's caretaker prime minister, is to reveal whether he plans to run for office in elections in February.
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Italy's president dissolves parliament following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, paving the way for elections in February.
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Mario Monti resigns as Italian prime minister, officials say, keeping a promise to step down after the passing of his budget in parliament.
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An Italian court overturns suspended jail sentences given to three Google executives after a video of a bullied teenager was posted on their site.
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Has Mario Monti done a good job for Italy?
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Cruise company Carnival reports another big fall in profits, as its continues to be affected by January's capsizing of its Costa Concordia ship in Italy.
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IndiaAn Indian court allows two Italian marines charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen to go home for Christmas.
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United KingdomMario Balotelli drops his tribunal case against Manchester City after accepting a two-week fine over his discipline.
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A football fan steals media attention in Italy after being the only supporter to show up to watch his club play an away game in the country's top league.
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SpainThe European Parliament votes in favour of a unified patent scheme, but the move is being opposed by Italy and Spain.
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SpainThe European Parliament votes in favour of a unified patent scheme, but the move is being opposed by Italy and Spain.
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