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An advertisement in the window of a River North marketplace has garnered some criticism over what some believe is an offensive message about Italians.
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Italian news reports say a fiery highway crash in northern Italy has killed six people.
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Pecorino di Pienza, from a tiny town in Tuscany, has been produced the same way for thousands of years. But that may not always be the case.
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One of the world’s best-loved operas has been given a radically different ending in Italy, with the heroine killing her tormentor rather than being killed herself, in a stand against violence to women.
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Gianni Versace ruled the fashion world until he was shot dead on the steps of his Miami Beach home on July 15, 1997. He was 50.
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A specter is haunting Italy: the specter of once-reviled dictator Benito Mussolini’s face on key chains and T-shirts, billboards and wine bottles.
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President Sergio Mattarella on Sunday urged political parties to make realistic proposals to tackle Italy’s problems, especially joblessness, ahead of an election in March.
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Their chubby cheeks and whiskery faces lend them an appealing look, but Italy has declared war on its growing population of coypu, beaver-like animals that have thrived since escaping from fur farms decades ago.
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Town centre gridlocked for hours and main road blocked by three articulated lorries without snow chains. Traffic at a standstill until evening, both in and around the ski resort in the Dolomites.
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Polls point to unclear outcome that could raise political risk in lacklustre economy