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History

Spike Lee film on Italian Nazi massacre stirs debate

by ITALY | Wed, 10/01/2008 - 04:08

Spike Lee's new film about a Nazi massacre in Tuscany continued to stir controversy in ��ý on Tuesday, after a village council decided to award the US…

Culture

Medieval Voyage for Trieste visitors

by ITALY | Wed, 09/17/2008 - 03:48

Trieste is promising visitors a voyage into its medieval past, with a new, wide-ranging exhibition looking at life in the Middle Ages. Today a melting pot of…

World War II bomb causes chaos in Salerno

by ITALY | Wed, 09/10/2008 - 03:45

A British bomb from World War II caused chaos in the southern city of Salerno on Tuesday, forcing thousands to leave their homes.Around 5,000 inhabitants have…

Saber-toothed tiger bones found in Puglia

by ITALY | Fri, 08/29/2008 - 03:49

Archaeologists on Thursday said they had uncovered a massive haul of animal bones and flint tools during a dig at a southern Italian site some claim to be the…

Mussolini death trial bid scotched

by ITALY | Fri, 04/11/2008 - 03:34

A bid by Mussolini's grandson to get a judicial ruling on the execution of Il Duce in 1945 was rejected by ��ý's highest appeals court on Thursday.The…

Romulus and Remus cave found

by ITALY | Wed, 11/21/2007 - 04:39

Italian archaeologists think they've found the shrine where ancient Romans worshipped the mythical she-wolf that suckled their city's legendary founders…

Etruscan origin riddle solved

by ITALY | Sat, 06/23/2007 - 05:51

The ancient riddle of where the Etruscans came from has been solved, Italian scientists say.The Etruscans, who once dominated central ��ý, were so different…