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Pact Will Relocate Artifacts to Italy From Cleveland
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/arts/design/20arti.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/11/20/arts/Looted75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>The Cleveland Museum of Art has agreed to hand over 13 ancient artifacts and an early Renaissance cross to Italy after long negotiations.

Italy: High Court Allows Removal of Feeding Tube
Italyâ€s highest court ruled that the father of a woman in a persistent vegetative state could remove his daughterâ€s feeding tube, ending a case that has divided the country.

After U.S. Breakthrough, Europe Looks in Mirror
Many Europeans are asking themselves if there could be a French, British, German or Italian Obama.

Obama Joke by Premier Has Italy in an Uproar
Many Italians reacted with incredulity and outrage after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called the first African-American president-elect in history â€young, handsome and suntanned.â€

Man Guilty in Killing of Briton in Italy
A judge convicted a defendant, Rudy Guede, for the murder of a British exchange student last year and sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

Pompeii Style, B.C.E. (Before Catastrophic Eruption)
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/arts/design/24pomp.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/24/arts/24pomp.751.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>There are some eerie parallels between Pompeiiâ€s frozen-in-time culture of excess and our own staggering economy as evidenced in a show at the National Gallery.

Italyâ€s Crisis Has Premier Riding High
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/world/europe/22italy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/22/world/22italy.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>Italyâ€s prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is getting a boost to his political fortunes from the economic crisis.

Italians Outraged by French Mercy to Ex-Member of Red Brigades
Franceâ€s decision not to extradite Marina Petrella, a former Red Brigades member convicted of murder, has provoked outrage in Italy.

For Culturati in Naples, the Cityâ€s Notoriety Is Outshining Its Beauty
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/arts/design/14abro.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/14/arts/abroad75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>In Naples, the big question is how much culture ever does to turn around a struggling city.

Italyâ€s Attacks on Migrants Fuel Debate on Racism
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/europe/13italy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/13/world/13italy.751.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"></a>A recent spate of violence against immigrants across Italy is fueling a national conversation about racism and tolerance.