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Muslim-born convert quits Church after pope change
A Muslim-born journalist whose 2008 baptism by Pope Benedict XVI made him Italy's most famous convert announced Monday he was leaving the Catholic Church over the new pontiff's overtures to Islam.
26 March 2013
Leaders wrestle with austerity as EU jobless fears rise
EU leaders wrestled with German demands for strict austerity and a French-Italian push for growth-friendly spending at a summit.
16 March 2013
Cycling: Astana wins its first marathon race in season
Nibali came 12th in the last stage of the seven-day race but kept his first line in the Tirreno-Adriatico overall ranking.
14 March 2013
Cycling: Astana ranked fifth in UCI thanks to Nibali
The Kazakhstan team scored 113 points and moved 11 lines up owing to Nibali's victory in Tirreno-Adriatico race.
14 March 2013
Italy ready to extradite criminals to Kazakhstan
Italian Ambassador Alberto Pieri met with first deputy General Prosecutor of Kazakhstan Iogan Merkel.
13 March 2013
Cycling: Vincenzo Nibali of Kazahstan team caught speeding
The police in Rome pulled Vincenzo Nibali (Kazakhstan's team Astana) over for speeding ... on his Specialized S-Works Tamac SL4 bicycle.
13 March 2013
Cycling: Astana cyclist leads Tirreno-Adriatico overall ranking
Nibali from Kazakhstan's Astana is 34 seconds ahead of Chris Froome, 37 seconds ahead of Joaquim Rodriguez and 48 seconds ahead of Alberto Contador in the overall ranking.
12 March 2013
Britain, Italy, Greece say hostages killed in Nigeria
Britain, Italy and Greece on Sunday said that a claim by a Nigerian Islamist group that it had killed seven foreign hostages appeared to be true, while London denied it had sought to stage a rescue.
11 March 2013
Berlusconi paid for sex with cash and favours: prosecutor
Silvio Berlusconi hosted a "prostitution system" at his villa near Milan, where he paid women for sex with cash and favours.
05 March 2013
Personal tailor of Italian politicians to open-up in Astana
Alessandro Martorana's show-room will be presented in Astana in Rixos President Hotel on March 1, 2013.
01 March 2013
Skiing: Poltoranin and Chebotko win bronze in World Ski Championship
The women’s team of Kazakhstan consisting of Anna Stoyan and Oksana Yatskaya failed to reach the final of the tournament.
28 February 2013
Italian leftist leader seeks way out of deadlock
Italian leftist leader Pier Luigi Bersani admitted Tuesday he had "come first but not won" key elections and asked parties to help him push through reforms amid a political deadlock that sent markets tumbling.
27 February 2013
Split vote throws Italy into political gridlock
Italy headed for gridlock and financial markets tumbled with a stalemate in parliament between right and left after critical elections in which the real winner might be a new protest party calling for a referendum on the euro.
26 February 2013
Boxing: Italia Thunder defeat Astana Arlans 4:1
Kazakhstan Roman Shegrinov, Asset Aysin, Yelik Abdraimov and Estonian Ainar Karlson lost to Dolce & Gabbana Italia Thunder’s boxers.
25 February 2013
Centre-left favoured as Italy holds landmark election
Italy on Monday holds a second day of voting in a critical election for the future of the eurozone in which the centre-left Democratic Party is expected to win but fall short of a governing majority.
25 February 2013
Will the next pope be Italian?
After a Pole and a German, will the Roman Catholic Church revert to an Italian leader once again?
25 February 2013
Versace goes wild with dominatrix punk in Milan
Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace brought her own spin to punk on Friday, unveiling a collection dominated by fierce outfits in shiny black, white, or lipstick red vinyls and deadly accessories.
24 February 2013
Uncertainty hangs heavy as Italy braces for elections
Italy was poised to hold its most important elections in a generation starting on Sunday, as financial markets warned an unclear outcome could plunge the eurozone's third economy back into crisis.
22 February 2013
Kazakhstan and Italy agree on military transit from Afghanistan
The agreement on military transit was signed by Kazakhstan and Italian Defense Ministers Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Giampaolo di Paola.
19 February 2013
Italy defence firm chief arrested for India bribes: reports
Italian police on Tuesday arrested the chief executive of aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica for corruption and embezzlement in relation to alleged bribes given to the Indian government.
12 February 2013