Awwal 19, 1432 H/April 23, 2011, SPA -- Some 150 gypsies whose camp was dismantled have taken refuge in one of Rome's most ancient basilicas, engaging in a standoff with city officials trying to get them out, AP reported.
Only about 10 Roma had (...)
Awwal 19, 1432 H/April 23, 2011, SPA -- Italian police have arrested the suspected head of a mafia organisation in the southeastern region of Apulia, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
Francesco Campana, believed to be (...)
Awwal 15, 1432 H/April 19, 2011, SPA -- Italy's government has proposed shelving indefinitely its nuclear plans following radiation leaks at Japan's nuclear plant, according to AP.
The government presented an amendment Tuesday to legislation under (...)
Awwal 13, 1432, April 17, 2011, SPA -- Italian authorities have started Saturday the distribution of temporary visas to thousands of immigrants, mostly Tunisians, which can lead to a potential diplomatic row with France.
Italy, which has received a (...)
Awwal 11, 1432 / April 15, 2011, SPA -- Food aid for millions of Afghans is endangered due to
a lack of international donations, the World Food Programme (WFP)
said Friday, according to dpa.
The UN agency stated that it lacks 257 million (...)
Akhir 27, 1432 H/April 1, 2011, SPA -- Scores of migrants have fled a tent camp in a southern Italian town where they had been transferred from the overcrowded island of Lampedusa, AP reported.
The migrants found a hole in a fence surrounding the (...)
Awwal 28, 1432 H/March 3, 2011, SPA -- A U.N. food agency says that global food prices reached new highs in February and warns that oil price spikes could provoke further increases, as AP reported.
Skyrocketing food prices have been among the (...)
Awwal 14, 1432 H/Feb 17, 2011, SPA -- A European Union pledge to help Tunisia's transition with 258 million euros is "ridiculous" and shows Brussels is not up to the task of dealing with the crisis in North Africa, Reuters quoted a Tunisian minister (...)
Awwal 08, 1432, Feb 11, 2011, SPA -- The crew of the Savina Caylyn, an Italian petroleum tanker hijacked on Tuesday in the Indian Ocean, is in good condition, an Italian defence ministry source said on Friday, according to Reuters.
Radio contact (...)
Awwal 04, 1432 H/Feb 07, 2011, SPA -- A U.N. agency said that floods and heavy rains have significantly damaged whole areas of agricultural land across southern Africa and that the livelihood and food security of farmers and their families are at (...)
Awwal 04, 1432 H/Feb 07, 2011, SPA -- Four children died in a fire at Roma camp in the Italian capital, officials said Monday, an incident that has revived a debate over the conditions of their housing, AP reported.
The three boys and a girl, aged (...)
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- French Farm Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday he saw a risk of food crisis and ensuing riots and called on the world's main political and economic powers to boost efforts in fighting speculation on (...)
Hijjah 21, 1431 / Nov. 27, 2010, SPA -- Three hikers have died after being caught in an avalanche in northern Italy, AP reported.
Daniela Rossi, a spokeswoman for the Alpine rescue corps, said the three were hiking in a spot known to be at risk (...)
Qa'da 11,1431H, Oct 19, 2010, SPA -- An OIC official reiterated Tuesday, enduring support and commitment of the Organization of Islamic Conference to Afghanistan.
Referring to the resolutions on Afghanistan adopted at the 37th Meeting of the OIC (...)
Qa'da 10, 1431, Oct 18, 2010, SPA -- U.S. and U.N. envoys are meeting in Rome with NATO's top commander in Afghanistan for daylong talks, amid a renewed push to end the nine-year-old Afghan war, the Associated Press reported.
Monday's meeting will (...)
Qa'dah 8, 1431 H/Oct 16, 2010, SPA -- Italy wants to expand its troop presence in
Afghanistan by more than a third, Italian media quoted Defence
Minister Ignazio La Russa as saying Saturday during a meeting with
United States General David (...)
