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Policing role for soldiers in Italy stirs controversy

Rome  - Italy's centre-right government vowed Monday to press on with a controversial proposal to deploy hundreds of soldiers to help police combat crime and maintain public order, including dealin

Italian cabinet minister welcomes likely no win in Irish referendum

Rome  - A cabinet minister in Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government on Friday welcomed the outcome of the Irish referendum.

Girls fare better in maths in countries where women are more equal

Florence, Italy  - Girls are better than boys in reading, but they also can keep up with boys in mathematics when the genders are on a more equal footing in their native countries, according to res

Six die at Italian sewage treatment plant

Six die at Italian sewage treatment plantCatania, Italy - Six workers a

Fiat Phylla concept city car runs on solar energy

Fiat Phylla concept city car runs on solar energyTurin, Italy  - Fiat has revealed a nifty city concept car, the Phylla, which can run on solar energy supplementing a battery pack that can also be charged from the electric grid.

Built on an aluminium space frame with a triangular design, the car offers all-round visibility useful for city driving.

The cabin volume is defined by an asymmetrical layout of pillars which contour the triangular glass surfaces that can be replaced by solar panels. The layout with all-round visibility helps especially when parking in typical city driving conditions.

Italy probes Milan's "Horror Clinic"

Milan, Italy  - Italian authorities on Tuesday began interrogating suspects linked to a private Milan clinic where unnecessary surgery, allegedly performed to obtain state money, is believed to hav

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