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ANSA. Italy's pharmaceutical agency AIFA has approved the so-called abortion pill despite fierce opposition from the Vatican and conservative politicians. (Read the article)
ADP. More than a million Italian families languish in "absolute poverty," unable to attain minimum standards deemed essential for modern life, the national statistical institute ISTAT said Thursday. (Read the article)
PEOPLE. The Italian showgirl Elisabetta Canalis, who was recently spotted on the back of George Clooney's motorbike, has a warning for her lovers: They will have to share her bed with her dog!
Canalis is a well-known face on Italy's TV screens and is now becoming famous around the world as the woman currently linked to the 48-year-old movie star. So who is she? (Read the article)
ANSA. It is not OK to call a political rival a cretin, Italy's top court ruled Tuesday.
The Cassation Court, whose rulings set precedents, rejected the contention of a Sicilian town councillor that such expressions have become a standard part of political cut-and-thrust. (Read the article)
ANSA. wo Japanese tourists who were landed with a 700-euro bill in a Rome restaurant earlier this month on Thursday turned down an offer to return to Italy as guests of the Italian tourism ministry. (Read the article)
ANSA. Admirers of Benito Mussolini flocked to the his tomb Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of his birth despite a plea from the mayor of the Fascist dictator's northern hometown for them to stay away. (Read the article)
ANSA. The devolutionist Northern League has sparked a furore by proposing that teachers should know the dialect of the region in which they work in what critics say is a thinly disguised attack on the many southern Italians who teach in the north of the country. (Read the article)
Reuters. Federica Pellegrini broke her own world record in the women's 200 meters freestyle semi-finals at the world championships on Tuesday. The Italian, who had smashed her own world record to win Sunday's 400 final, surged through the water in one minute 53.67 to better her March effort of 1:54.47. (Read the article)
CBS2. The image of the Mafia don: Is it a part of Americana, or is it an insult to the country's Italian Americans? he stereotype has recently popped up with more frequency, selling everything from beer to pancakes. The sponsors of these commercials say they were meant as light-hearted satire. As CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports, that's where Chicago's Lou Rago steps in. His mission: battling bias. (Read the article)
AP. Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off Ventotene, a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects largely intact, officials said Friday. (Read the article)