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Woman describes Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:14 -0400

MILAN - Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the scandal.

AC Milan and Fiorentina fight for Champions League

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:02:31 -0400

ROME - In the last weekend of Serie A, AC Milan needs to protect a two-point lead over Fiorentina in the race for third place and the final Champions League berth.

Milan prosecutors demand 6 years for Berlusconi

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:48 -0400

MILAN - Milan prosecutors on Monday demanded a prison sentence of six years and a lifetime ban from public office for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.

Italy's ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:42:06 -0400

ROME - Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad.

New Italian premier urges EU to focus on growth

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:15:35 -0400

BERLIN - Italy's new prime minister called Tuesday for European countries to prioritize economic growth over debt reduction, adding his government believes Europe needs to integrate further to overcome its current crisis.

New Italian gov't confirmed by Senate

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:11 -0400

ROME - Italian Premier Enrico Letta's cross-party government won a final vote of confidence vote in Parliament on Tuesday, giving life to a grand coalition that aims to put aside decades of animosity to return the eurozone's third-largest economy to growth.

Italy parliament fails again to tap president

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:20:35 -0400

ROME - Italy's polarized Parliament failed in a second day of balloting Friday to elect a president, as the high-profile candidacy of ex-Premier Romano Prodi fell far short of the votes needed. The rebuff deepened the political paralysis gripping the eurozone's third-largest economy.