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The 67th International Bicycle and Motorcycle Show will run at the Milan Fair from November 10-15, with more than half a million visitors expected to attend the world's biggest biggest show dedicated to two-wheeled vehicles.

Silvio Berlusconi addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on September 23, 2009 in New York City.

A discussion at Baabda Palace between presidents Giorgio Napolitano and Michel Sleiman in the presence of senior officials During the banquet: presidents Napolitano and Sleiman flanked by Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, Deputy Speaker Farid Makari and Deputy Premier Issam Abou-Jamra Melhem Karam, president of the Journalists' Association, greeting ...

Jake Gyllenhaal attends a premiere for the movie 'Rendition' during day 4 of the 2nd Rome Film Festival on October 21, 2007 in Rome, Italy.

BRESCIA, Italy, NOV. 8, 2009 .- Pope Paul VI's priesthood was under the protection of Mary and devotion to her accompanied him for his whole life, says Benedict XVI.

Through the eyes and brush strokes of Ann Pierce, retired art and art history department chairwoman at Chico State University, the Umbria district of Italy is brought to Chico, in an exhibit opening tonight in the university's Humanities Center Gallery.

Fugitive mobster Luigi Esposito, centre, is escorted by police officers outside a police station in Naples, Italy on Nov.

Some 84 percent of Italians oppose a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that crucifixes should be removed from Italian classrooms, according to a poll on Sunday.

A NEWSPAPER close to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi issued an ultimatum to his allies yesterday, saying they must back laws shielding him from court trials or risk a government collapse.

Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.

Berlusconi corruption trial 'to start November 27 AFP - The corruption trial against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will take place on November 27, judicial sources said Saturday, after a high court this month stripped him of his immunity.

In Naples an excellent cup of coffee can be found twice on every block. If you ask for coffee and want something that comes in a cup larger than the length of your thumb, Neapolitans either look confused or smirk.

The beginning of chocolate is the cacao tree, known by ethnobotanists as "theobroma cacao." According to the article, " Introduction: Chocolate's History at a Glance ," chocolate in its raw state grows in a pod like a pea, but on trees 40-60 feet tall.

Antibiotic over-prescription is promoted by pediatricians' perception of parents' expectations.

The Hon Dr Tonio Borg, Deputy Prime Minister, in the presence of the Hon. Prof. Enzo Scotti, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, launched a book entitled, Malta & Italia, an enduring friendship , consisting of an illustrated compendium of the relations between the two countries since the attainment of ...

Italy's joke-loving prime minister struck a distinctly Borat tone on Friday when he told the president of Kazakhstan that a recent spike in the country's population was due to the virility of its menfolk.

The Amanda Knox murder trial in Italy is entering its final stages, with closing arguments beginning November 20.

Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British... Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez ...

The body of a 35 year-old Bulgarian, Albena Birdi, was discovered dumped in a canal in the Italian city of Padua.

ROME: An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric off the streets of Milan in 2003, a landmark verdict against one of the CIA's most valued anti-terrorism tools - a practice known as extraordinary rendition.