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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

Keep that rubbish coming, Hamburg tells Naples

Hamburg  - From Naples, the Italian city with nowhere to dump its rubbish, the freight trains take 44 hours to reach Hamburg, a German city that is only too happy to incinerate the stinking mess.

German foundation for WWII forced workers has no money for Italians

Berlin  - A state-backed German foundation set up to fund compensation payments to slave labourers under the regime of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has no money to pay Italian soldiers forced into labo

Italy says EU should revise its biofuels targets

Bio Fuel LogoLuxembourg  - Italy on Friday called on the European Commission to revise its biofue

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