Italy arrests two in school bomb attack

20 May 2012, 2:46 am

BRINDISI, Italy: Italian police have arrested two suspects over the bombing of a school that killed a 16-year-old girl and seriously injured five more teenagers, media reports said here Sunday.... Read More »

Italy hunts for clues in deadly school bomb attack

20 May 2012, 12:13 am

BRINDISI, Italy (AFP) - Italian police hunted for clues Sunday after a school bombing that killed a 16-year-old girl and gravely injured five more teens, reviving memories of attacks by political militants and the mafia.... Read More »

Italy bomb blast kills girl outside school

19 May 2012, 9:29 pm

The attack at the entrance of a high school in Brindisi injures at least four others. Police suspect organized-crime involvement. ROME — A bomb exploded at the entrance of a high school in southern Italy named for the wife of a slain anti-Mafia judge, killing a 16-year-old girl and injuring at lea... Read More »

ITALY SUMMONS INDIAN ENVOY

19 May 2012, 11:30 am

New Delhi, May 20 -- A day after calling back its ambassador to India, Italy on Saturday summoned New Delhi's envoy to Rome Debabrata Saha soon after a Kerala court rejected the bail pleas of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the state's coast.The Italian foreig... Read More »

Italy summons Indian envoy after marines are denied bail

19 May 2012, 11:30 am

New Delhi, May 20 -- Raising diplomatic heat, the foreign ministry of Italy on Saturday summoned Indian envoy to Rome Debabrata Saha soon after a court in Kollam rejected the bail application of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala in February this ... Read More »

Italy recalls envoy to India in row over detained marines

19 May 2012, 1:25 am

New Delhi, May 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Italy has called back its envoy to India after police in the southern state of Kerala Friday charged two Italian marines for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen in February, highly placed sources said on Saturday.... Read More »

Eastday-Austerity sparks suicides in Italy

18 May 2012, 7:23 pm

ROME, May 18-- Italy's efforts to avoid falling victim to the European debt crisis has taken on a human toll in recent weeks, with a rash of suicides from those facing economic hardship and, starting this week, violent attacks against tax collectors.... Read More »

Rome recalls ambassador from India in piracy spat

18 May 2012, 9:19 am

ROME (Reuters) - Italy recalled its ambassador from New Delhi on Friday after two Italian members of an anti-piracy unit were charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen in an escalation of an increasingly tense diplomatic dispute. The Italian marines, who were members of a security detachment p... Read More »

LEAD: Italy tightens security in wake of terrorist attacks Eds: Releads with government's security plan

17 May 2012, 7:06 am

Rome (dpa) - Italy‘s government said Thursday it would provide armed police escorts for around 550 executives and functionaries of state-controlled companies, including a tax collecting agency which has been targeted in recent terrorist attacks.The plan includes the deployment of around 20,000 pol... Read More »

Italy boosts security, raps attacks on tax officials

17 May 2012, 4:25 am

ROME (Reuters) - Italy acted on Thursday to step up security against a resurgence of politically inspired violence driven by its economic crisis and Prime Minister Mario Monti voiced "unconditional support" to tax officials who have come under repeated attack. The measures underscore the growing att... Read More »