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Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterannean

The perilous sea journey across the Mediterannean has reportedly claimed the lives of hundreds of migrants. The United Nations Refugee agency, which

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Up to 300 migrants feared dead after Mediterranean shipwrecks

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Costa Concordia captain's actions

On the night of 13th January, at around nine o’clock, the Costa Concordia approached Giglio, sounding its horn in a salute to the Tuscan island’s 800

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Costa Concordia captain asks to be acquitted of abandoning ship charge

As the verdict looms in the Costa Concordia trial, lawyers plead or the captain to be acquitted of abandoning ship and say he should be found innocent of manslaughter.

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Dozens of migrants die from exposure on Italian coast guard boats

The mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa, Giusi Nicolini, has blamed the death of 29 migrants on the closure of the country’s sea

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Italian police seized cocaine worth 36 million euros

Police in Italy have seized nearly 200 kilos of pure cocaine worth an estimated 36 million euros. Customs officials in the southern Calabria region

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Six Nations 2015: France edge out Scotland

France opened their Six Nations campaign with a hard-fought 15-8 victory over Scotland at the Stade France on Saturday. Clermont’s fly-half Camille

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Strong winds sweep people off their feet in Trieste, Italy

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Tsipras gets support from Italy on the road to Brussels

Greece’s new prime minister is on a tour and today he arrives in Brussels, bringing his ideas on Greece’s economic plight to the heart of the EU, but

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Italian President Sergio Mattarella in call to fight mafia and corruption

Sergio Mattarella was greeted with warm applause ahead of his swearing in as the new Italian President. The election of the 73-year-old is seen as

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Mattarella to be sworn in as Italy's new president

Incoming Italian President Sergio Mattarella has already said thank you to the outgoing Giorgio Napolitano for his seven years of sterling service

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New Italian President hailed as a "great connoisseur" of the constitution

From the Constitutional Court to the Presidential Palace, Sergio Mattarella is a man of experience

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Chelsea and City draw blank as Bayern Munich suffer setback

Welcome to The Corner, our weekly programme that brings you up to speed with the latest from the world of football. The Bundesliga is back. Bayern

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Carnival of Venice underway in Italy

One of the world’s oldest festivals, the Carnival of Venice, has begun. Thousands of tourists have crowded the city’s canals, bridges and squares to

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Interview: Italy's new president lost his brother to the Mafia

Euronews reporter Alfredo Ravanolo spoke to Paolo Mazzanti, editor of Ask@News, a news agency based in Rome. He briefly described the new president

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73-year-old Sicilian Sergio Mattarella is Italy's new president

Italy’s parliament has elected Sergio Mattarella of the Democratic Party as the new president of the Republic. The constitutional court judge and

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Italy's new president is Sergio Mattarella

Italy’s new president is Sergio Mattarella. The Constitutional Court justice and former minister was elected in the fourth round of voting for a new

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Italian lawmakers fail to elect new president in first round

Italian lawmakers have begun voting to elect a new president. Though the post is largely ceremonial it is being seen as a test for Prime Minister

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Italy police arrest 160 alleged mafia members in dawn raids

Italian police have arrested more than 160 alleged members of the Ndragheta mafia gang in raids across the country. Police also confiscated assets

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Prosecutors demand 26 years in jail for Concordia's 'Captain Coward'

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