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A lawyer representing the family of a British college student who was slain in Italy is seeking euro25 million in damages from an American and two other defendants accused in the 2007 killing.

Actor George Clooney attends the 'Up In The Air' Photocall during Day 3 of the 4th International Rome Film Festival held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica on October 17, 2009 in Rome, Italy.

Italy is committed to increasing its military presence in Afghanistan, while reducing the number of troops in other areas, Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said today.

By Ibrahim Kasita THE Government has not yet approved the sale of Ugandan oil fields to an Italian company, a senior energy ministry official has said.

Just an extra teaspoon of salt a day can spell a 23 per cent difference in the worldwide rate of stroke and a 17 per cent difference in the rate of cardiovascular disease, suggests new research.

High salt intake is associated with significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease, concludes a study published on bmj.com today.

Brescia is a quiet town east of Milan and few would think of it as a hot spot for international terrorism. Yet Italian authorities believe that last year's terror attack in Mumbai (Bombay), where 173 people lost their lives, was partially planned from there.

On Saturday night, Italian police arrested two Pakistani nationals, Mohammad Yaqub Janjua and his son Aamar, on charges they helped pay for the attack. The two own "Madina Trading," a money transfer agency, which made it easy for them to send large amounts of currency abroad without attracting attention. Authorities became suspicious when they learned that 400,000 euros ($599,000) were transferred to a false name.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's estranged wife is seeking 43 million euros, or about $65 million US, a year in alimony in a divorce case she launched after her husband was embroiled in a sex scandal, an Italian newspaper reported Thursday.

US President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said.

In Italy one in three women have been victims of violence and ill-treatment, the National Statistics' Office Istat reported Wednesday on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Thales has signed a significant contract with Intermarine to supply its Sonar 2093 system to the Italian Navy's Gaeta-class minehunting fleet.

Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in MIlan, Italy.

An Italian hooker is opening up about time she spent with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, saying that the first time she visited him, she was joined by twenty other ladies of the night.

A first-of-its-kind consensus statement on diabetes surgery is published online today in the Annals of Surgery .

Two Pakistanis suspected of helping facilitate the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai were arrested.

Galileo's missing fingers are inside a glass vase. Three fingers, a vertebra and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei' s corpse nearly 300 years ago in a Florence have been found again and will soon be put on display, Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Museum of the History of Science said on November 20.

A Brazilian transgender woman wrapped in a political scandal that took down a senior Italian politician was found burned to death in her home Friday.

Barbie, the iconic children's doll, is dressed in a traditional head-to-toe burka in her latest incarnation.

Five people were killed in a plane crash near Pisa airport in northwestern Italy, the country's air force said on Monday.

Silvio Berlusconi's love life has earned him the front cover of Rolling Stone magazine as "rock star of the year". Silvio Berlusconi on cover of Italian edition of Rolling Stone The magazine's Italian edition has hailed the 73-year-old's "rock and roll lifestyle" and said his exploits put those of real rock stars in the shade.