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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) is greeted by France's National Assembly speaker Bernard Accoyer before a meeting in Paris January 27, 2012.
27/01/2012 - France - Afghanistan

French backpedal on Afghan withdrawal threat as Karzai visits Paris

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai meets Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Friday.

14/01/2012 - Italy

At least three dead after giant cruise ship sinks off Italy

Three people were reported dead and several were missing Saturday after the Costa Concordia cruise ship with more than 4,000 people on board ran aground and keeled over off an Italian ...

Los italianos salieron a las calles para celebrar la renuncia de Silvio Berlusconi.
13/11/2011 - Italy - Eurozone

Italian president under pressure to appoint Monti prime minister by day's end

Former European Union competition commissioner Mario Monti is tipped to become Italy’s next prime minister

12/11/2011 - Italy

Italian fury at Sarkozy 'meddling' as Berlusconi prepares to resign

An Italian MP addressed parliament in French to protest at widely perceived French and German interference in the country’s policies during the economic and political crisis that is set to ...

04/11/2011 - Italy - Eurozone - IMF

Italy debt package under IMF, EU spotlight

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Union are to strictly monitor Italy’s efforts to reduce its budget deficit, European officials announced Friday, but Italian sources ...

26/10/2011 - Italy

Five dead, eight missing in Italy storms

Five people have died and eight are missing after torrential rain hit Italy's Tuscany and Liguria regions overnight Wednesday.

17/10/2011 - Italy

Police raids after Rome violence during weekend protests

Hundreds of Italian police on Monday carried out raids and checks of far left groups after scores of people were injured in Rome's worst street violence in years.

16/10/2011 - Worldwide

Anti-capitalist Occupy protests continue Sunday

Anti-capitalist protests continued in several countries Sunday after Saturday’s worldwide demonstrations, inspired by Spain’s Indignant movement and Occupy Wall Street in the US.

20/07/2011 - South Africa

New evidence backs circumcision crusade

A campaign encouraging African men to get circumcised to reduce HIV infections was a major talking point at the world AIDS forum in Rome on Wednesday.

05/05/2011 - Libya

Contact Group agrees new fund for Libya rebels

An International Contact Group meeting on Libya in Rome has agreed to set up a new multi-million-euro fund to aid rebels fighting Moamer Kadhafi's regime with the US and Europe promising to access ...

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