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Like Al Capone, tax proves the downfall for Silvio Berlusconi, the 'man who never dies'
Friday 02 August 2013
His vanity and his delusions of being an international statesman have taken a knock from which they’ll never recover
Humiliated ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi rages at Italian court that declared him a tax fraud
Friday 02 August 2013
Former premier faces community service or house arrest after judges uphold jail term
Sun, sea, sand... and the eyes of the world upon you
Sunday 28 July 2013
The traditionally precarious holiday season for the nation’s leading politicians is once more upon us.
Postcard from... Milan
Wednesday 24 July 2013
That Milan’s famous marble cathedral needs a constant supply of money for its restoration and upkeep is not in doubt..
Top Italian senator Roberto Calderoli slammed for comparing black minister Cecile Kyenge to orang-utan
Sunday 14 July 2013
Right-wing leader Roberto Calderoli faces calls from Italian cabinet to resign
Silvio Berlusconi’s ally ‘rendered dissident’s family to Kazakhstan’
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Angelino Alfano accused of ordering an 'extraordinary rendition' to help Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev
Italian political heavyweights on trial in mafia bomb case
Monday 27 May 2013
Sicilian mob bosses and high-ranking Italian officials, both former and current, went on trial today over allegations they held secret negotiations to stop a wave of deadly mafia bombings in the early 1990s.
Bunga bunga trial: Prosecutors demand Silvio Berlusconi should be jailed for six years, sex and corruption trial hears, as former Italian Prime Minster opens doors to 'bunga bunga' party villa for TV documentary
Monday 13 May 2013
Two-hour documentary seen as a last ditch effort to prove late-night soirees were just "good, clean fun"
Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial enters final stages
Monday 13 May 2013
Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial has entered its final stage with a Milan prosecutor making long-delayed closing arguments.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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