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Gino Pollicardo (centre) and Filippo Calcagno (right), arrived at the Ciampino airport in Rome on Sunday. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP
Freed hostages return to Italy from Libya
Two Italians kidnapped last July in Libya returned to Italy on Sunday to a mute homecoming, amid questions over why two others snatched with them were killed.
Photo: Mario Laporta/AFP
Naples rally against church over treasure
Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Naples on Saturday in a bid to prevent the Catholic Church gaining any control over the treasure of a local saint that is reputedly worth more than British crown jewels.
The Italian prime minister says the situation in Libya is “increasingly delicate”. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP
Renzi: Italy won’t rush into action in Libya
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi cautioned Saturday that any military intervention in Libya by Italy would first need the approval of parliament, and that Rome would not be rushed into action.
‘We still have to beg for charity, for crumbs, in terms of rights,’ one activist said. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP
Italy gay rights activists rally for adoption rights
Thousands of gay rights activists and LGBT families rallied in Rome Saturday in protest at the watering down of Italy’s civil union’s bill, which no longer envisages adoption rights for homosexual couples.
The Olympic champion shared her number with all her followers by accident. Photo: Christophe Simon/AFP
Pellegrini publishes phone number in Twitter gaffe
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An Italian teen reportedly traded his dad's lamb for drugs. Photo: Noel Reynolds/Flickr
Italian teen swaps his dad's lamb for cocaine
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Italian pizza maker masterchef Gennaro Cervone gives a lesson of homemade pizza during the pizza festival in Naples in 2014. Photo: Mario Laporta/AFP
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The men were released from an Isis group hideout in a city close to the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFP
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Elton John will play a concert at Pompeii this summer. Photo:Tasso Marcelo/AFP
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Austria to launch an advertising campaign in Afghanistan to dissuade economic migrants.
File photo of cows. Photo: Lindy Buckley/Flickr
Cow dies after sexual abuse by tractor thief
A man has admitted to sexually abusing two cows, one of which died.
People camping on a train platform in Idomeni, on the Greek-Macedonian border. Photo: DPA
Bring refugees from Greece yourself, Austria tells Merkel
Austria doesn't want to be Germany's welcome mat any longer.
The Grimhøj Mosque in Aarhus has been at the centre of controversy for years. Photo: Henning Bagger/Scanpix
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The woman repeatedly swings the duck at the activist. Photo: Animal Rescue España
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