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Italian Village Installs Speed Cameras, Records 58,000 Infractions In 2 Weeks

3:19pm November 19, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

A highway runs right through the community of Acquetico, population about 120. The area's mayor decided to take action against motorists blazing by and was shocked at what he found.

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials in 2010 at a prison near Lahore. Her blasphemy conviction has been reversed but advocates say she and her family are in danger in Pakistan.

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Italy Offers To Help Relocate Pakistani Christian Woman Acquitted Of Blasphemy

8:34pm November 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Italy joins other western countries seeking to help the woman at the center of a simmering dispute between the government and hard-line religious groups.

People walk in a flooded Saint Mark Square in Venice, Italy.

Heavy Rains, Wind Blamed For 11 Deaths In Italy

7:06pm October 30, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Venice saw an unusually high tide leaving three-quarters of the city covered in water. Officials in large areas of the country closed schools and urged residents to stay indoors.

The Aquarius rescue ship last month as it entered the harbor of Senglea, Malta.

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Last Private Rescue Ship On Deadly Mediterranean Migrant Route Loses Its Registration

1:11pm September 24, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

International charities say it is a death sentence for hundreds of people trying to reach safety. They say Panama revoked the Aquarius 2's registration after pressure from Italy, which Italy denies.

An official wearing a protective suit gestures towards migrants as they sit on the deck of the Italian Coast Guard vessel the Ubaldo Diciotti in the Sicilian port of Catania, as they wait to disembark following a rescue operation at sea.

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Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Investigated After Migrants Kept Aboard Ship For 6 Days

1:00pm August 26, 2018

by Gabriela Saldivia

After six days, Matteo Salvini announced Saturday he would allow migrants off a ship docked in Sicily. He is now under investigation for his role in the migrants' detention.

On Wednesday, officials warned that other parts of the collapsed Ponte Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, could give way.

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Death Toll In Genoa Bridge Collapse Rises To 39

4:56pm August 15, 2018

by Amy Held

Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said a private company responsible for maintaining the Ponte Morandi Bridge did not do its job and was responsible for the collapse.

President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte participate in a joint news conference at the East Room of the White House Monday.

Trump Says 'No Problem' With Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding

11:12pm July 30, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Joined by Italy's prime minister, the president took questions from reporters Monday. He discussed border security and said he would be willing to meet with Iran's leaders with "no preconditions."

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Nigerian anti-trafficking activist Blessing Okoedion at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., in June.

A Victim Of Sex Trafficking, Blessing Okoedion Now Works To Save Others

1:52pm July 30, 2018

by Courtney Columbus

The Nigerian activist was honored by the U.S. State Department in June for her efforts to combat human trafficking in Italy and Nigeria.

New Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini applauds during the swearing-in ceremony for Italy's new government in Rome on June 1. He has promised to deport migrants.

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Ascendant 'Italians First' Politician Vows Mass Deportations And Challenges EU

4:38pm June 29, 2018

by Sylvia Poggioli

Meet Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who has emerged as a powerful hard-liner driving tough anti-immigration stances in Italy's new government.

Former Italian Football Federation President Carlo Tavecchio looks on during a news conference held after his official resignation in Rome on Nov. 20, 2017. Tavecchio has been accused of sexual harassment, including unwanted groping, but prosecutors have

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Italy Reportedly Drops Case In Part Because Woman 'Too Old' To Be Harassed

4:41pm June 15, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The former president of Italy's soccer federation is accused of groping a colleague. The New York Times and The Guardian say prosecutors believe the woman, in her 50s, was too old to be intimidated.