Slaying increases pressure on Italy’s prime minister
Boston Globe: ROME — Italy’s prime minister, Romano Prodi, came under fire yesterday after the Taliban killed the Afghan translator of an Italian journalist freed […]
Italian leader is criticized after swap for hostage
Boston Globe: ROME — Italy’s negotiation for the release of Taliban militants in exchange for the freedom of an Italian hostage in Afghanistan has placed […]
Italian leftist wanted in 1970s killings is arrested in Brazil
Boston Globe: Accused of killings in his native Italy, militant 1970s leftist Cesare Battisti reinvented himself in France as a celebrated writer of police thrillers. […]
Prodi confirmed as prime minister
Boston Globe: ITALY ROME — Italian center-left leader Romano Prodi was confirmed as prime minister yesterday when he won a second and final confidence vote […]
US won’t hand over agents, official says
Boston Globe: BERLIN — The State Department’s top lawyer said yesterday that the United States would refuse to extradite CIA officers who face kidnapping charges […]
Italy’s prime minister asked to stay, face vote
Boston Globe: ROME — Italy’s president yesterday asked Romano Prodi to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence vote to test his majority […]
Italy’s prime minister quits after foreign policy loss
Boston Globe: ROME — Stung by a bruising foreign policy defeat, Italy’s beleaguered Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned yesterday, his center-left government collapsing after just […]