An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said.

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Italy's "Brother Metal", a 63-year-old monk who became famous for singing in a heavy metal band - habit and all - is leaving the limelight, saying the devil made him too much of a celebrity for his own good.

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A motorist is to be questioned by police after 1,700 animals were found crammed in the trunk of his car in Bari, Italy.

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The deputy mayor of Rome has offered an official apology to a Japanese man who was charged $1,200 for a meal at a famous restaurant in the Italian capital.

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Italian ministers and officials were today holding urgent consultations following the discovery of an unmarked wreck that prosecutors believe was used by the mafia to sink radioactive waste.

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An Italian tourist has been held in a Brazilian jail for seven days after kissing his own daughter.

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In a program run by the National Civil Protection Agency, dozens of Labradors, Newfoundlands and golden retrievers have been trained to act as lifeguards and are now patrolling beaches and lakes around the country to help save people from drowning.

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The anti-immigration mayor of a northern Italian city has barred Muslim women from wearing the controversial body-concealing swimsuit known as a burqini, an Italian newsagency has reported.

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The Dog Days of summer hit Rome on Wednesday as temperatures soared towards 40 degrees Celsius, but for the city's canines salvation was at hand in the form of its first doggy swimming pool.

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A new procedure to turn blocks of wood into artificial bones has been developed by Italian scientists, who plan to implant them into large animals, and eventually humans.

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A new type of medicated eye drop may be able to reverse symptoms of glaucoma, an Italian study has suggested.

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An Italian thief thanked police officers for arresting him and putting an end to a beating from Korean tourists whom he had robbed in Rome, police say.

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Archaeologists have found the skeleton of a warrior from up to 5,000 years ago floating in a tomb filled with sea water on a beach near Rome, Italy's art squad said Friday.

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A team of archaeologists using sonar technology to scan the seabed have discovered a "graveyard" of five pristine ancient Roman shipwrecks off the small Italian island of Ventotene.

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In a country where speeding is a national sport, Italian traffic police are used to hearing the most colourful of excuses from drivers.

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The traditional throwing of a bride's bouquet for luck ended in disaster at an Italian wedding when the flowers caused a plane to crash.

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An explosion in northern Italy has killed at least ten people and injured up to 50 after a freight train carrying gas tanks derailed and the blast hit surrounding houses.

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For sale: classical building, marble interior, wrought iron gates, peaceful ­location, sleeps 10 comfortably, quiet neighbours.

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Anti-piracy groups and lawyers across Europe are unmovable - they say that since they logged a copyright infringement from a particular IP address, the bill payer is responsible.

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A Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa from 1957 has been sold for a world record 9 million euros ($16.2 million) in Fiorano, in the centre of Italy, Italian news agency Ansa has said.

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A German couple who abandoned three young children in an Italian pizzeria on Sunday have told police they fled because they had no money, reports say.

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Italian police said they have arrested a man for sequestering his daughter and forcing her to have sex with him for 25 years.

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Italian Renaissance painter Caravaggio used optical instruments to 'photograph' his models more than 200 years before the camera was invented, according to new research.

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A SKELETON exhumed from a grave in Venice is being claimed as the first known example of the "vampires" widely referred to in contemporary documents.

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A controversial Italian doctor known for his work allowing post-menopausal women to have children says he has cloned three babies.

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