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Gianluigi Buffon saved three penalty kicks in a shootout and undermanned Italy edged Uruguay 3-2 Sunday to secure third place at the Confederations Cup following a 2-2 draw.It was a measure of redemption for Italy after a loss to Spain, also in a shootout, in the semifinals.“The main thing tonight was our character. We showed fantastic character. We never gave up,” Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said.
A senior cleric in the Vatican has been arrested on suspicion of trying to help rich friends illegally bring millions of euros into Italy.Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, 61, worked as a senior accountant in the Vatican’s financial administration. He is involved in another investigation by magistrates in southern Italy.
The underwater wreckage of a plane that disappeared off Venezuela with the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people on board has been found, government officials and family members said Thursday.
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No matter how Italy fares in Sunday’s third-place match vs. Uruguay, the team heads home from the Confederations Cup with heads held high and aware it’s a team on the rise with the World Cup a year away.
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The 76-year-old leader of the centre-right People of Freedom (PDL) party, already fighting a four-year jail sentence and a ban on holding public office for tax fraud, meets Prime Minister Enrico Letta for discussions on Tuesday.
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High-end Italian food market chain Eataly is planning to open an 80,000-square-meter theme park in Bologna to be called Eatalyworld, the company said Monday.''This is a feasible miracle'', said company founder and CEO Oscar Farinetti. Due to open November 1, 2015, Eatalyworld could draw up to 10 million tourists a year.
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Human stem-cell therapy could combat incurable degenerative neuromuscular diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, Italian researchers announced on Monday.
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Italy's equal opportunities minister, a German-born, eight-time Olympic kayaker, has resigned over tax troubles in a case with both racist and sexist overtones.
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Forward Mario Balotelli will miss Italy's semifinal vs. Spain in the Confederations Cup due to a strained thigh, handing the team another major injury complication before facing the World Cup holder.
Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted in a sex-for-hire trial, the Associated Press reports on Monday.
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