Rome  - Italy and Egypt will work together to clear the Mediterranean of pollution and make it the "cleanest sea in the world," Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday.

Rome - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked Tuesday his arrival in Italy - the first visit to a European nation since his 2005 election - with remarks against Israel which drew immediate condemnation.

"The European people have been subjected to most of the Zionists' damage and today the costs of this falsified regime, both the political and the economic, fall on the shoulders of Europe," Ahmadinejad said referring to Israel.

Italian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said the Iranian president's comments provoked "great concern."

Rome - Italy's European Union Affairs Minister, Andrea Ronchi, said the government would comply with a European Commission deadline Friday to provide details on a proposed multimillion-euro bail-o

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Treviso, Italy - Italian clothing group Benetton announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement