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Giulio Andreotti's death puts 'local' politics in spotlight
The reason the former Italian PM Giulio Andreotti's death is important, beyond his mafia connections, is that it underlines a central truth about Italian politics - and about the UK, and the rise of U
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At least 12 people are injured and hundreds of buildings damaged after a strong tornado rips through Italy's Emilia-Romagna region.
A gunman who shot and wounded two police officers and a passerby outside the Italian prime minister's office in Rome earlier tells investigators he acted out of anger with politicians.
A new government could be formed in Italy within days after the Italian president named the centre-left deputy leader Enrico Letta as prime minister designate.
Pope Francis uses his first Easter mass as pontiff to call for a political solution for "dear Syria" and "reconciliation" for the crisis between North and South Korea.
Italy's top court overturns the acquittal of American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher, and orders a retrial.
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With the world's media watching, Pope Francis tripped as he began an audience with cardinals in the Vatican. He soon found his feet on only his second day in the job.
From Wizard of Oz spoofs to papal emoticons and a fake Hand of God, the arrival of a new Pope sent Twitter into overdrive on Wednesday. Channel 4 News takes a look.
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Ahead of the naming of the new Pope, Jon Snow caught up with basketballer Dennis Rodman, in Rome for the papal ceremony and fresh from meeting his friend, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.
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Pope Francis is chosen as the new head of the Catholic church - watch Jonathan Miller's report.
