Voice of America
ROME — Rescuers in central Italy continue to search for possible survivors in the rubble of Monday’s earthquake as funerals begin for the victims of the disaster. So far, the death toll is 279, which includes at least 20 children. Local and government authorities have introduced anti-looting patrols in the quake-stricken area to [...]

Voice of America
Rescue workers are searching for survivors of a powerful earthquake in central Italy that killed more than 150 people early Monday. Hundreds of others were injured in the quake and many thousands were left homeless.
Frantic rescue operations are underway in L’Aquila and nearby towns in an effort to find survivors that are believed [...]

Voice of America
Italian officials are pressing for steps to prevent a repeat of the tragedy involving hundreds of migrants from Africa who are missing and believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean over the weekend. The migrants were cramped in un-seaworthy vessels which left Libya for Italy. Italy’s Interior Minister is hopeful that these crossings [...]

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2009 – The Senate voted overwhelmingly this afternoon to confirm Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and as a member of President Barack Obama’s national security team.
The Senate confirmed Clinton’s nomination by a 94-to-2 vote.
Clinton has represented New York since her election in 2000 and has [...]

By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2009 – Responding to a presidential directive, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday ordered a suspension of active military commission proceedings at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a senior Pentagon official said here today.
President Barack Obama, who had called for the Guantanamo facility’s [...]

Voice of America
ROME, Italy, Dec. 16, 2008 — Italian police backed by helicopters carried out a major anti-mafia operation in Sicily and Tuscany. Almost 100 people were arrested in one of the largest operations of its kind in recent years.
Italian police have carried out a major anti-mafia operation, arresting scores of people. They said those [...]

By Parke Brewer
Voice of America
BEIJING, Aug. 10, 2008 — With heavy hearts, the U.S. Men’s Olympic Volleyball team decided to take the court Sunday, one day after the stabbing death in Beijing of a close relative of the head coach. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer is in the Chinese capital and has the story.
The U.S. [...]

By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com News Wire
FLORENCE, Italy – For a spell, it seemed like the climbing would never end. Step after step, I wound higher and higher inside the great cathedral.
Four hundred seventy or so steps higher, I had reached my destination and our reward – a magnificent view of the city from the roof of [...]

By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com News Wire
ROME, Italy – You don’t have to be a history major to understand the impact Rome has had on the world. From aqueducts to roads, the Romans were ahead of their time and their [...]

NAPSI
If you’re going to Italy for the first time, or if you’ll just be there for a few days, how do you decide where to go?
Answer: Hit the highlights. That’s the advice from travel experts at Pleasant Holidays. If you begin with Rome, you can say buon giorno to the Colosseum, then toss a coin [...]