Apr 11 Center-Left Coalition Wins Slim Victory in Italian Elections By PBS News Hour Italy's center-left coalition led by Romano Prodi won a narrow victory in parliamentary elections, official results showed Tuesday, but Conservative Party Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi refused to concede defeat. Continue reading
Mar 04 U.S. Troops Fire on Car of Freed Hostage, Killing Italian By PBS News Hour American forces manning a checkpoint fired on the car carrying an Italian journalist who had just been released by her captors, killing an Italian secret service agent and wounding at least two others, including the hostage, Giuliana Sgrena. Continue reading
Aug 27 Italy Condemns Murder of Kidnapped Journalist in Iraq Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday denounced the killing of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who disappeared in Iraq last week, as "an act of barbarity."… Continue reading