Iuliano admits cocaine use Former Juventus defender Mark Iuliano is facing a two-year ban from the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) after admitting cocaine use.
Jeans no alibi for sex crimes Sex offenders can't claim they couldn't have abused a victim because she was wearing jeans, Italy's Supreme Court said Monday, revisiting its touchiest subject.
Python left in car A large python was left in a car in a town near Naples on Friday, spreading panic among passers-by.
Ricco', Piepoli sacked The Saunier Duval cycling team on Friday sacked Riccardo Ricco' one day after the climber was thrown off the Tour de France for use of the blood booster EPO.
G8 Diaz police brutality sentences sought Prosecutors on Thursday asked a Genoa court for total sentences of over 100 years in a trial for police brutality at the G8 summit in 2001.
Ricco' in EPO shock The career of rising Italian cycling star Riccardo Ricco' crashed Thursday after he was found positive for blood-booster EPO at the Tour de France and arrested by French gendarmes.
Genoa G8 verdict sparks row A long-awaited verdict on brutality against anti-globalisation demonstrators during the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa has drawn protests from leftwing MPs and victims.
Tension mounts ahead of key Genoa G8 verdict Tension at Genoa's courthouse mounted on Monday, as judges withdrew to consider their verdict following a major trial into alleged brutality by state officials during the 2001 G8 summit.
Couple have sex in street A Sicilian couple were nabbed by police Sunday night having sex in the street.
Pitbull kills owner A 75-year-old woman was killed by her pet pitbull Monday.
Abruzzo Governor arrested Abruzzo Governor Ottaviano Del Turco was arrested Monday in connection with an alleged public health scam in the eastern Italian region.
Ferrari drops suit against McLaren Ferrari has decided to drop all legal action against its British Formula 1 archrival McLaren for its illegal possession of technical data belonging to the Italian team, Ferrari announced in a press release on Friday.
Supreme Court lets Rastas keep their weed Italy's supreme Court of Cassation has ruled that members of the Rastafari faith can possess ''abundant'' quantities of marijuana because smoking it is an integral part of their religion.
Uruguayan confesses to murder of Italian tourist A Uruguayan waiter has confessed to the murder of a 23-year-old Italian female tourist whose body was found in this Costa Brava resort town on Monday.
Body found in Spain may be Italian tourist Spanish police on Monday said it was ''possible'' that a body found in a public park in the coastal town of Lloret de Mar is that of a 23-year-old Italian tourist who went missing a week ago.
Doctors arrested for false medical cerificates to inmates Two doctors were arrested here on Monday for issuing false medical certificates to inmates which allowed them to leave prison.
Fugitive neofascist terrorist nabbed in Brazil A fugitive member of the neofascist terrorist group NAR (Revolutionary Armed Nuclei) has been nabbed in Brazil after 26 years on the run.
Four killed in bus-truck crash Four people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on crash between a bus and a truck near Selva di Fasano, near the southeast city of Brindisi.
Aid workers for Italian charity kidnapped in Somalia Armed bandits have kidnapped four local aid workers employed by an Italian charity in Mogadishu, a representative of the organization said on Tuesday.
Japan hunts Florence Duomo vandals Japan's two largest newspapers on Monday apologised to Italy on behalf of Japanese tourists who have been scrawling their names on the walls of Florence's famed 15th-century Duomo during trips to Europe.
