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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.

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.

Pogba banned for 3 games for spitting at opponent

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:20:19 -0400

MILAN - Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been handed a three-match ban for spitting at an opponent.

Italy beats Czechs to reach Fed Cup final

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:06:05 -0400

PALERMO, Italy - Roberta Vinci put Italy into the Fed Cup final, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 Monday in a series postponed a day because of rain.