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Two decades on, Suu Kyi finally collects Rome citizenship

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 10:15

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally collected her honorary citizenship of Rome on Sunday, 19 years after being offered the honour.

`Om-Dar-Ba-Dar` goes to Rome film fest

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 20:38

The digitally restored version of 1988 film `Om-Dar-Ba-Dar`, directed by Kamal Swaroop, will be screened at the Rome Film Festival and commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema.

Shipwreck survivors protest ahead of ceremony for drowned

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 20:36

Survivors of Italy`s asylum shipwreck disaster held a sit-in at Lampedusa`s refugee centre on Monday, demanding to be taken to Sicily to join in a memorial ceremony for the victims.

Thousands rally against austerity in Rome

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 22:37

Thousands of people took to the streets of Rome on Saturday for an anti-austerity protest, with a massive security presence in place amid fears of clashes.

Thousands protest against austerity in Portugal, Italy

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 22:33

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Italy and Portugal today to protest against budget cuts and the social cost of the economic crisis, amid concern over possible clashes in Rome.

Body of Nazi war criminal stolen, claims family

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 12:08

The family of late Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke has alleged that his body was stolen early Wednesday and taken to an undisclosed location.

Italy rescues migrants as giant sea patrol begins

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:15

Italian warships rescued 290 migrants in the Mediterranean today as Rome launched a giant patrol operation to scare off people-smugglers, save asylum-seekers and pressure Europe to act.

Dozens killed in new migrant shipwreck south of Sicily

Last Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 08:56

Dozens of people died on Friday when a boat carrying around 250 migrants capsized between Sicily and Tunisia, in the second such shipwreck this month, the Italian coastguard said.

Silvio Berlusconi to opt for community service

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 23:54

Convicted in tax fraud, Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has formally appealed to either perform community service for a year rather than be jailed or to be put under house arrest.

Migrant boat sinks off Sicily, 200 people in sea

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 23:00

A migrant boat has capsized between Sicily and Tunisia and around 200 people are in the sea, an Italian navy spokesman said on Friday.

Food law to protect poor from price volatility: Thomas

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 14:57

Food Minister KV Thomas Monday said the recently enacted food law will protect 67 per cent of the population from price volatility.

Thomas to make Food Security presentation at FAO meet in Rome

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 20:07

Food Minister KV Thomas is scheduled to make a presentation on the National Food Security Act at an FAO conference next week in Rome.