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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.
Italy's Senate passes legislation which opponents of PM Silvio Berlusconi say will help him in his legal battles.
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An apparent explosive device has been found on a metro train in Rome, though officials say it could not have been detonated.
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SpainItalian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana stops all advertising in Spain after being forced to withdraw an ad.
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EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the bond markets' treatment of Spain and Italy is a "cause of deep concern".
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The display of a stark sculpture by notorious Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan - which has sharply divided opinion - is extended in Milan.
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The tomb of an ancient Roman general, thought to have been an inspiration for the film Gladiator, is discovered in Rome.
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"Hair in hand" killer Danilo Restivo, jailed for life earlier this year for murdering a woman in Bournemouth, is found guilty of murdering a teenager in Italy.
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As a week of rallies and vigils for Catholic priests draws to a close, David Willey reflects on the problems the Church faces in a changing world.
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Italy's first divorce fair opens in Milan as rates of divorce in the country increase.
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IranTwo Iranians and five Italians have been arrested by Italian police on suspicion of trafficking arms to Iran, police say.
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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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Two suspects in the killing of Italian citizen Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza die during a bloody siege by Hamas police.
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Italian police say they have seized 450m euros ($590m; £390m) of assets and arrested 20 people in a series of anti-mafia raids.
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Police in southern Italy hold the head of the powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia syndicate, Pasquale Condello.
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Alleged Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano refuses to answer questions by Italian prosecutors.
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Italian police say they have seized a crocodile used by a suspected mafia boss to extort protection money.
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An Italian mafia suspect gave out hundreds of phones to try to bring his daughter success in TV talent show voting, police believe.
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VenezuelaA Mafia fugitive, listed as one of the Italy's 30 most dangerous men, is arrested in Venezuela, Italian police say.
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United StatesDozens of people are held by US and Italian authorities targeting an alleged drug-trafficking racket.
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LibyaThere is believed to be just one survivor from a boat that sank while carrying 150 migrants from Libya to Italy.
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SingaporeA man linked to a global football match-fixing ring is helping Singapore authorities with their inquiries, police say, hours after Italy makes an arrest.
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A lost painting by Renaissance artist Michelangelo has been hanging in a University of Oxford residence, an Italian scholar claims.
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A suspected Italian mobster is caught by under-cover police as he comes round from a liposuction operation.
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Italian police arrest some 30 alleged gangsters in the Naples area, in what is described as a "war" with the mafia.
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An Italian policeman who shot dead a Lazio fan last weekend faces a murder charge, his lawyer says.
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Italians are gripped by the Milan trial of a middle-aged couple accused of killing four neighbours.
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Art restorers in Italy uncover what are believed to be the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ's apostles.
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Gaza footballers take to pitch for 'World Cup'
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Italian officials say they have seized art worth more than 100m euros (£90m) concealed by the convicted founder of Parmalat.
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The Vatican says it has detained a person - said by sources to be the Pope's butler - on suspicion of leaking confidential documents to the Italian media.
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Hundreds of thousands of conservative activists protest in Rome against a law giving more rights to gay couples.
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Were Roman children under too much pressure to succeed?
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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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Prosecutors allege that a second 17-year-old girl attended sex parties held at Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's villas, Italian media reports say.
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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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BulgariaPolice in Italy rescue Bulgarian sisters from a circus where they were forced to endure piranhas and snakes.
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GermanyA German man attempts to kill himself after he and his girlfriend abandoned three children at a restaurant in Italy, reports say.
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The archbishop of the Italian city of Modena wants young Catholics to give up text messaging for Lent.
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Bernardo Provenzano, thought to be the head of the Mafia, is arrested in Sicily after four decades on the run.
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Italy's PM names a former police chief to tackle a waste disposal crisis in Naples and promises incinerators.
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Lesser kestrels in Italy have formed a 'truce' with their jackdaw neighbours to save energy, a study has revealed.
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Investigators in Italy examining a shipwreck containing possible radioactive waste say they may have found two bodies on board.
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Police in Milan investigate an unusual $1m (£628,420) robbery in the heart of the Italian fashion capital.
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TurkeyA female Italian artist hitch-hiking to the Middle East to promote world peace is murdered in Turkey.
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Italy's drug regulators approve use of the abortion pill, RU486, prompting protests from the Vatican.
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The abortion pill RU486 gets final approval in Italy, despite protests from the government and the Vatican.
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Victims of abuse by Roman Catholic priests have marched in Rome and called for the Vatican to take more effective action against sex crimes.
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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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AfghanistanThree Italian peacekeepers are injured in an apparent suicide attack in the Afghan city of Herat, Nato says.
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AfghanistanTwo Italian soldiers in the Nato peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan are killed by a bomb south of Kabul.
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