Raikkonen unhurt after heavy crash
Reuters: MONZA, Italy – Ferrari’s Formula One title contender Kimi Raikkonen escaped injury when he crashed at high speed in Saturday’s final practice for his […]
Pavarotti given final ovation at tearful funeral
Yahoo News: Reuters – About 50,000 mourners paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on Saturday and Prime Minister Romano Prodi […]
Mourners bid farewell to “Maestro”
Reuters: MODENA, Italy – Thousands of mourners filed past the open coffin of Luciano Pavarotti in the cathedral of his Italian hometown on Friday, in […]
Sharapova to be practice partner at Fed Cup final
Reuters: NEW YORK – Maria Sharapova is to join the Russia squad as a practice partner for next week’s Fed Cup final against Italy in […]
Italy battles imported viral epidemic
Yahoo News: Reuters – A small region in northern Italy is battling what may be Europe's first epidemic of the crippling, mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus, a […]
Pavarotti in “serious” condition: Italian media
Reuters: MODENA, Italy – Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, was in a serious condition on […]
U.N.’s Ban visits Sudan with Darfur in focus
Reuters: TURIN, Italy – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon headed for Sudan on Monday to lay the groundwork for a solution to the festering Darfur conflict […]
Pope says Mother Teresa felt “God’s silence”
Reuters: LORETO, Italy – Pope Benedict said on Saturday that even the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta “suffered from the silence of God” despite her […]
Leonardo’s painting technique secrets uncovered
Reuters: FLORENCE, Italy – Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci avoided the palette and mixed colors directly on the canvas, Italian researchers said after they reconstructed […]
Venice festival gets serious with films on war, corruption
Yahoo News: Reuters – The Venice Film Festival gets serious this year with competition films about the Iraq war and its impact on U.S. society, […]