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CNN
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With grandparents and children in tow, tens of thousands of families gathered in a Rome piazza to voice their opposition to a government bill that would give many legal rights to unmarried couples, including gay ones.
The "Family Day" rally Saturday, d..
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BBC News
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Pro-family groups are holding a rally in the Italian capital, Rome, to protest against legislation giving more rights to homosexual couples.
Organisers of the "Family Day" expect at least 100,000 to attend the rally, backed by the Roman Catholic Church..
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Washington Post
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The Vatican's official newspaper accused an Italian comedian on Wednesday of "terrorism" for criticizing the Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style political violence.
In an unusually strongly worded editorial, L'Osservatore Ro..
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FOX News
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Italian TV stations on Sunday repeatedly showed videos of two women sought in the slaying of a young woman who was fatally stabbed in the eye with an umbrella on the subway platform of Rome's main train station.
News programs played video from surveill..
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SF Gate
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President Bush can look forward to a hearty welcome from his old friend, the charismatic Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Rome. That's not what was found on the streets, however, where anti-Bush sentiment..
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BBC News
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The UN food summit in Rome, called in response to soaring prices around the world, is to issue a declaration setting out its proposals.
It wants urgent action to help farmers plant more crops this year, but there are disagreements over the role of biof..
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BBC News
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Members of Italy's Jewish community have been protesting outside a lawyer's office in Rome where a former Nazi officer has begun work.
Shouts of "Murderer!" greeted Erich Priebke, 93, as he arrived for his first day on the back of a scooter.
A court..
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BBC News
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Tens of thousands of gay rights activists have marched through the streets of Rome, demanding more legal recognition for same-sex couples.
Colourful banners at the Gay Pride parade urged Italy's government to override the Vatican's objections to granti..
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BBC News
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The parents of Madeleine McCann have met Pope Benedict in Rome and had a photograph of the abducted four-year-old blessed by him.
Kate and Gerry McCann, from Rothley in Leicestershire, spoke briefly to the Pope as he met selected worshippers after his..
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BBC News
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Two women have been detained in Italy over the killing of a young commuter who was stabbed in the eye with an umbrella tip at Rome's main station.
Vanessa Russo, 22, died from wounds suffered in the stabbing at Termini station on Thursday morning.
T..
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CNN
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Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
Thousands of pilgrims, some carrying large wooden crosses and others holding candles, wound their way through the narrow lane..
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