Mafiosi constantly seek to penetrate areas of legitimate business activity, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome.
The old-fashioned landmark was thought to be more in keeping with the surrounding architecture, BBC Rome correspondent Alan Johnston reports.
The BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says Mr Napolitano hopes all these ideas might form the basis for cross-party agreement.
In increasing desperation they turned to the man who was supposed to retire, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome reports.
But the BBC's Rome correspondent Alan Johnston says the possibility of bringing it forward is being widely discussed at the Vatican.
The Pope appears to be planning a complete retreat from the public eye, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from the Vatican.
The BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome that there has been no word yet as to how the Pope responded to the appeal.
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The local islanders are desperate to see it go as they depend almost entirely on tourism, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome.
There has been speculation that Mr Gabriele had accomplices as he set about leaking the Vatican's secrets, says the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome.
But even if the mafiosi are not making as much as was thought, their profits are still vast, says the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome.
There has been talk of the possibility of the president ultimately seeking to form a temporary, technocrat-style administration, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome reports.
For many months there had been concerns about the influence the 'Ndrangheta might be exerting over the city council, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome reports.
The BBC's Rome correspondent Alan Johnston said later that police had identified at least one fan of Lazio's rivals Roma among those involved in the attack.
This is the first time that Interpol and Fifa have combined to organise a forum on the menace of match-fixing, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome reports.
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The BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says there has been speculation that an interim government of technocrats might be ushered in, a move that Mr Berlusconi clearly opposes.
As for the cheque, he said he might have simply scooped it up by mistake as he carted off documents from the Pope's office, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports.
India has so far made no public comments on the latest development, but this will surely be seen in India as a grave breach of trust, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome reports.
These include the Army of Islam, responsible for the kidnapping of the BBC's Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston and IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit, and al Qaeda itself, which has established a presence in the territory.
On that winter's night more than a year ago, Captain Schettino was trying to show off his vessel and his seamanship by sailing desperately close to the shore, reports the BBC's Rome correspondent Alan Johnston.
The BBC's Alan Johnston, in Rome, says that although the mafia still has a presence in the town, some 60km from the Sicilian capital, Palermo, it is no longer the force it once was there.
There is however no real prospect of Mr Berlusconi being jailed, as he will exercise his right to appeal and the case will actually soon expire under a time limit, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome reports.
If the court upholds the October 2011 verdict, this protracted case will finally be over and Miss Knox and Mr Sollecito will have their innocence confirmed in the eyes of the law, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome.
Mr Monti, a well respected economist, is exactly the sort of man that the markets would like to see take charge at this time of crisis, says the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome, and he has support in many quarters.
The BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says that whatever the cause of the crash, it has revived memories of the accident involving the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012, which left 32 people dead.
Once the inquiry has finished sifting through a great mass of evidence, the judge is expected to decide on what shape a criminal trial will take - who will be charged and with what, says the BBC's Alan Johnston in Grosseto.
After last June's takeover (or coup d'etat, as Fatah supporters call it), Hamas quickly imposed law and order, tried to reacquaint Gaza's drivers with long-forgotten traffic regulations, launched a municipal cleanup campaign, and forced the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who had been held in captivity for almost six months.
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