Rome, March 16 - Inter Milan striker MarioBalotelli needs to mature before he can earn an Italy call-up,Azzurri coach Marcello Lippi said Tuesday. Balotelli is a lad with great gifts.I'm sure, I'm certain,that when he becomes mature he can put those gifts at Italy'sdisposal, Lippi said about the Under-21 striker after he wasdropped from Inter's squad for Tuesday's Champions League last16 second
Vatican City, March 16 - Pope Benedict XVI willsee Queen Elizabeth II and beatify England's most famous convertto Catholicism, Cardinal John Henry Newman, during his visit toEngland and Scotland this September, British authorities andbishops announced Tuesday in London.The pope will meet the queen at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh,the official royal residence in Scotland, while he will beatifyNewman,
Trani, March 16 - Justice Minister inspectors wereset Tuesday to quiz prosecutors who suspect Italian PremierSilvio Berlusconi of trying to muzzle an allegedly hostile talkshow on state broadcaster RAI.In the probe, Berlusconi is under investigation for possibleabuse of office in allegedly asking Giancarlo Innocenzi, amember of Italy's media watchdog Agcom and a former Berlusconimedia employee, f
London, March 16 - Jose' Mourinho says he's glad tobe back on the Inter bench for Tuesday's Champions League last16 second leg against former club Chelsea where the Nerazzurriare looking to defend a 2-1 lead. I'll give all I can to influence the team, said thePortuguese coach, who has served out a three-match touchline banfor insulting gestures in a Serie A game against Genoa lastmonth. I've vie
Rome, March 15 - Italians were reminded to slow downand relax on Monday with a host of events marking World SlowDay, the third annual edition of an event celebrating life'ssimple pleasures. Let's take this one day to stop and think about all thethings we miss out on while we're rushing through our lives, said Bruno Contigiani, the President of the Art of Living SlowlyAssociation.A veteran of life
Tripoli, March 15 - Italy will proposal its ownproposal if Switzerland and Libya are unable to resolve theirvisa dispute by the time new Schengen regulations take effectApril 4, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Monday.The Italian proposal to its partners in the border-freezone would center on a way to bypass a Swiss black list ofLibyan nationals, he explained.Speaking after his meeting he
Rome, March 15 - Italian scientists said Monday theywere about to begin experimenting on a drug cocktail that couldstop a dangerous kind of skin cancer from spreading to otherparts of the body.The Rome study will administer the cocktail to a sample of25 patients who have recently had a melanoma surgically removedfrom their skin.The mix combines a kind of vaccine against pre-cancerouscells adrift
Rome, March 15 - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Monday asked prosecutors to confirm press reports that he is under investigation for allegedly trying to muzzle criticism on talk shows produced by state broadcaster RAI.So far, lawyers for the premier said, he had received no formal notification from the prosecutors in the Puglian city of Trani.According to legal experts, however, the prosecu
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