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Italy PM Disses Berlusconi, Won't Run Again

Says logic of former PM 'escapes me'

(Newser) - Italy's caretaker Premier Mario Monti said today he won't run in February elections, but if political parties that back his anti-crisis agenda ask him to head the next government he would "evaluate the offer." Monti ruled out heading any ticket himself, saying "I have no...

Disgruntled Employee Dumped $8M in Pricy Wine
Disgruntled Employee Dumped $8M in Pricy Wine
say police
Dec 21, 2012 8:47 AM CST

Disgruntled Employee Dumped $8M in Pricy Wine

Andrea di Gisi poured 16K gallons of wine down drain: police

(Newser) - At least the criminals who stole $18 million in maple syrup were in it for the money. The Italian man who allegedly destroyed nearly $8 million in Brunello di Montalcino wine in early December was just pissed off. Italian police say Andrea di Gisi, a disgruntled employee at the Case...

Berlusconi Threatens to Run Again

Says it depends on opposition party's choice for leader

(Newser) - Italy's center-left Democratic Party is preparing to choose a new candidate for prime minister—and if it picks the wrong guy, Silvio Berlusconi thinks he might just have to step in. "I think that it's right for someone who had the honor of leading the Italian government...

Pope Statue No Longer Looks Like Mussolini

Monument reworked to look friendlier

(Newser) - Rome was not happy after last May's unveiling of a statue of Pope John Paul II, which many decried as looking more like dictator Benito Mussolini (or, according to others, a Star Trek alien) than the late pontiff. Now the 16-foot bronze statue has been reworked to give it...

Mass Strikes Sweep Europe
 Mass Strikes Sweep Europe 
Nov 14, 2012 7:42 AM CST

Mass Strikes Sweep Europe

700 flights grounded, minor scuffles break out in Spain

(Newser) - Anti-austerity protests in Europe have usually been relatively localized affairs, confined to one country or another—until now. Labor leaders in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece all called for strikes and demonstrations today, the New York Times reports, and people in France, Belgium, and elsewhere took to the streets as...

Tourists Swim in Flooded Venice Square

Others wear bathing suits to underwater cafes

(Newser) - Heavy rains yesterday raised the water level in Venice to its sixth-highest since record-keeping began in 1872: a high-tide mark of 59.06 inches, the AP reports. But as almost three-quarters of the city flooded and stores, houses, and historic buildings filled with water, tourists didn't let any of...

Venice Sees Major Flooding
 Venice Sees Major Flooding 
Nov 1, 2012 3:42 PM CDT

Venice Sees Major Flooding

Some 55 inches of water soak the city

(Newser) - High tides have flooded Venice, leading Venetians and tourists to don high boots and use wooden walkways to cross St. Mark's Square and other areas under water. Flooding is common this time of year, and today's peak level of 55 inches was below the 63 inches recorded four...

Berlusconi Sentenced to 4 Years in Tax Fraud
 Berlusconi Sentence 
 Reduced to One Year 
updated
Oct 26, 2012 2:40 PM CDT

Berlusconi Sentence Reduced to One Year

Former Italian premier is expected to appeal

(Newser) - A court in Italy has convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi of tax fraud and sentenced him to four years in prison—but the court quickly reduced the sentence to one year as part of a movement to reduce prison overcrowding, the Telegraph reports. In Italy, cases must pass two levels...

Italy May Be Home to &#39;Dumbest Court in the World&#39;
Italy May Be Home to 'Dumbest Court in the World'
OPINIONs
Oct 23, 2012 3:48 PM CDT

Italy May Be Home to 'Dumbest Court in the World'

Earthquake verdict recalls Galileo for many

(Newser) - An Italian court has convicted six scientists for failing to predict a deadly earthquake, which, congratulations, puts it in the running for "dumbest court in the world," reads the headline to a post by Elie Mystal at the Above the Law blog. Prosecutors blamed the six for providing...

Dow Plunges 200 on Bad Earnings
 Dow Plunges 200 
 on Bad Earnings 
MARKETS
Oct 23, 2012 9:23 AM CDT

Dow Plunges 200 on Bad Earnings

Stocks suffer biggest drop since June

(Newser) - Stocks plunged at the open today, with the Dow falling more than 200 points, sending it to its lowest level in seven weeks. As of 10:22am the Dow was down 206, while the Nasdaq and S&P were down 30 and 20 points respectively. The major cause for the...

Italy Scientists Get 6 Years in Jail for Not Predicting Quake

L'Aquila earthquake killed 309

(Newser) - In a decision sure to rock the scientific community, an Italian judge has sentenced six scientists and one former government official to six years in prison for failing to predict a 2009 earthquake that killed 309 people, the BBC reports. The seven, all members of the government-appointed National Commission for...

IMF to Italy, Spain: Get Help from Eurozone

But Rome says no ahead of EU summit

(Newser) - With a two-day EU summit beginning in Brussels tomorrow, the International Monetary Fund is calling on Italy and Spain to apply for eurozone assistance, hoping to cut losses in Europe's debt crisis. The eurozone is on the verge of establishing an environment that would ensure both countries can continue...

Costa Captain Faces 1,000 Survivors in Theater Hearing

Francesco Schettino hears evidence in manslaughter charge

(Newser) - Charged with manslaughter, the Costa Concordia's ex-captain arrived in court today to hear evidence against him in the accident that killed 32. In a Tuscan theater functioning as a courtroom, Francesco Schettino reportedly faced more than 1,000 survivors of the disaster. "We want to look him in...

Thousands of Students Protest Across Italy

They oppose PM Mario Monti's austerity measures

(Newser) - Thousands of angry students protested government austerity measures across Italy today and injured up to six policemen in Rome, hitting them with stones while hiding behind homemade shields, Reuters reports. The students also tried rushing a Rome police van but were driven back by batons. Other protests against the policies...

Italian Protester Scales St. Peter's Dome

He spends night atop Vatican landmark

(Newser) - It's hard for a lone protester to get attention in today's protest-crowded Europe, but one Italian man managed it by scaling St. Peter's Basilica. The protester, posing as a tourist, slipped past Vatican security to climb the landmark and unroll a banner denouncing European Union policies and...

Imposter Pilot Nabbed After Europe Flight

Man had fake uniform, fake friends, fake Facebook page

(Newser) - It's Catch Me If You Can all over again: Italian cops have arrested a man who's been posing as a pilot for months or longer. The unnamed man sure seemed like a pilot—down to fake flight crew buddies in his Facebook photos—and he managed to ride...

Italian Magazine to Publish Topless Kate Photos, Too

'Chi' is owned by Silvio Berlusconi

(Newser) - An Italian gossip magazine owned by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi plans to publish topless photos of Prince William's wife, Kate, despite legal action against a French magazine that published the images first. Chi is part of Berlusconi's publishing house Mondadori, which also owns Closer, the French magazine that...

Knox Beau: We Were Odd, But Innocent

Pair made out while cops processed death scene, says Raffaele Sollecito

(Newser) - Amanda Knox's former boyfriend admits they were a crazy couple who exhibited bizarre behavior after Knox's roommate was killed, but that doesn't make them murderers. The two were charged with killing Meredith Kercher in Knox's Italian apartment in 2007 during what cops described as a drug-fueled...

Miners Barricade Themselves With Explosives

Italian miners fighting to keep their jobs

(Newser) - A group of Italian miners has seized roughly 770 pounds of explosives and barricaded itself underground in an attempt to pressure the Italian government into protecting the mine, Reuters reports. The government is meeting later this week to discuss the Sardinian mine's future, and many workers fear officials will...

Somali Olympian Drowns Trying to Emigrate to Italy

Mogadishu Islamists threatened her life

(Newser) - A Somali Olympic female runner drowned as she tried to emigrate to Italy on a boat from Libya, Italian media revealed yesterday. The boat sank as Samia Yusuf Omar, 21, made her desperate bid to escape her African home in April, reports the BBC . Samia faced death threats from the...

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