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Jon Montgomery of Canada has won a World Cup skeleton event on the 2006 Turin Olympics track. Montgomery clocked a two-run combined time of 1 minute, 55.54 seconds on Friday in Italy. World Cup leader Martins Dukurs of Latvia was second, 0.47 seconds behind, and Jeff Pain of Canada was third. Gearing up for the Olympics in Vancouver, Canadians held the top three places after the first run.
Olympic cycling gold medalist Paolo Bettini has been placed under investigation for alleged tax evasion in Italy. Ernesto Ceccarelli, an official with the tax police in the Tuscan town of Livorno, says the now-retired Bettini is suspected of evading taxes on nearly $16.6 million. Ceccarelli said investigators believe Bettini fictitiously transferred his residence to Monte Carlo, though he ...
A verdict is expected for the 22-year-old American student on trial for killing her roommate while studying abroad in Italy
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Labor Minister Maurizio Sacconi said Italy’s unemployment rate will remain below 10 percent next year as the government subsidizes laid-off workers and the economic recovery pushes companies to hire new staff, Ansa reported.
The leaders of Russia and Italy announced Thursday support for the US strategy against extremists in Afghanistan during a summit which also saw key gas and aviation accords signed between the two nations.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Italy meets today to discuss the future of Gruppo Delta, the consumer unit of Cassa di Risparmio di San Marino, Corriere della Sera reported. Talks to sell the unit to Intesa Sanpaolo SpA continue, the newspaper said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Fiat SpA may abandon its Lancia car brand outside of Italy from 2011, MF reported. The cars will be sold in overseas markets with the better-recognized Chrysler name, the newspaper said.
MILAN -(Dow Jones)- The macroeconomic imbalances that triggered the global recession, especially trade imbalances between the U.S. and China, have not been resolved and policy makers should consider transitional compromises to avoid economic disruption, a senior Bank of Italy official said Friday.
Maria Scordo Allen wants everyone on her e-mail list to know she is alive, well and working in her Centennial office as Italy's vice consul in Colorado. Her account apparently was hacked Monday by a scammer who sent out an "urgent" spam e-mail that was allegedly from Allen.
PERUGIA, Italy - American student Amanda Knox tried one last time yesterday to convince the Italian court trying her for murder that she is not a killer, urging jurors not...
With NATO foreign ministers set to hold two days of talks, Italy was reported to be considering the biggest increase among European allies made public so far.
Italy will send around 1,000 additional soldiers to Afghanistan as part of U.S. President Barack Obama's planned troop increase, Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said in an interview published on Thursday.
Juventus is desperate for a victory and Serie A leader Inter Milan is focused primarily on next week's Champions League match with Rubin Kazan ahead of Saturday's "derby of Italy." The game in Turin features a Juventus squad coming off two 2-0 losses -- to Bordeaux and Cagliari. Inter, meanwhile, has opened up a comfortable lead over its rivals in the standings.
Italy is to send between 500 and 1,500 troop reinforcements to Afghanistan in 2010 to back US President Barack Obama's new war strategy, a source in the ministry of defence told AFP on Thursday.
Italy's defense minister says his country will send about 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Italy will use a visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to expand ties with Russia, including a possible deal for Fiat SpA to build Chrysler cars there, as part of a “strategic partnership” between the countries, officials said.
