Rome - Renzo Ulivieri, the president of the Italian association of football coaches (AIAC), Monday criticized Jose Mourinho for suggesting that some of his colleagues lack dignity and let others choose the players to field.

"(Inter Milan's) Mourinho is an (AIAC) associate and I'm glad he is," the 68-year-old Ulivieri was quoted as saying, "but this time, if I have to choose the words, he was way out of line (in his colourful Italian expression: 'peed out of the vase').

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Rome, March 23 : Archaeologists have uncovered a marble sculpture dating back to the 1st century AD in the ancient roman town of Herculaneum, which has been sent to Naples, where it will join a major exhibition exploring life in the city buried by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.

According to Roman news agency ANSA, the show, running until April 13, already features over 150 artefacts and human remains uncovered over the last three centuries, but the new relief, uncovered by accident last month, is stirring fresh interest.

Rome  - Italy's second-biggest governing coalition party, the Alleanza Nazionale, was set formally to dissolve itself Sunday and fuse with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia as a new People of Freedom (PDL) alliance including the right-wing Lega Nord.

"We won't be disappearing," the party's acting president, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa, had told 1,800 delegates Saturday as the party's final two-day convention went ahead before next week's planned fusion.

Rome  - Michele Paolucci was on target and Albano Bizzarri saved a spot kick to help Catania beat visiting Lazio 1-0 Saturday in a Serie A weekend-opener played in the eastern-Sicily town.

Paolucci put Catania in front on 24 minutes, flicking home after Pablo Ledesma misfired a great assist from Giuseppe Mascara.

Catania kept up their aggressive tactics in the remainder of the first half, running minor risks when Pasquale Foggia on 44 minutes aimed a wide header and Swiss Stephan Lichtsteiner had a fast drive saved.

Rome (Italy), Mar. 20 : Vatican insiders have said the Holy See is struggling to contain international anger over Pope Benedict XVI''s claim on his first official visit to Africa that AIDS "cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems".