Find the latest breaking news from around the world on Reuters.com, including news articles on politics, technology, business, entertainment and more. http://www.reuters.com/ 2009-11-27T14:22:58+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2009-11-26T15:18:01+01:00 2009-11-26T15:18:01+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSTST00002920091126 Stephen Brown

ROME, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Italy's competition watchdog said on Thursday it had opened an investigation into Deutsche Post DHL <DPWGn.DE> and 19 other courier companies for allegedly agreeing among themselves price rises to be charged to clients. ...

2009-11-24T10:54:39+01:00 2009-11-24T10:54:39+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AN1T120091124 Stephen Brown

ROME (Reuters) - Food-loving Italy responded with indignation on Tuesday to a minister's comments that lunchbreaks -- still a sit-down ritual for many Italian workers -- are bad for waistlines and the economy, and should be skipped.

2009-11-20T16:04:05+01:00 2009-11-20T16:04:05+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AJ1HH20091120 Stephen Brown

ROME (Reuters) - A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician -- the center-left governor of Lazio region, which includes Rome -- was found burned to death in his home Friday. Police found ...

2009-11-16T18:26:41+01:00 2009-11-16T18:26:41+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLG475164 Stephen Brown

* Says "landgrab" could spread to Latin America * French minister wants farmland acquisitions halted * UN official says they are investments, may benefit farmers (Adds France, U.N. comment paragraphs 7-9) ROME, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar ...

2009-11-16T19:00:27+01:00 2009-11-16T19:00:27+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5AF29V20091116 Stephen Brown

ROME (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a U.N. hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well.

2009-11-13T18:53:00+01:00 2009-11-13T18:53:00+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/artsNews/idUSTRE5AB3S820091113 Stephen Brown

ROME (Reuters) - Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in new exhibition connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism.

2009-11-06T17:22:32+01:00 2009-11-06T17:22:32+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSL68105120091106 Stephen Brown

ROME, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Italy's Eni <ENI.MI> is studying the possible sale of the strategic TAG pipeline, which transports Russian gas through Austria into Italy, to settle a dispute with Brussels, sources close to the issue said on Friday.

2009-11-06T12:10:20+01:00 2009-11-06T12:10:20+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5A51SC20091106 Stephen Brown

ROME (Reuters Life!) - Italy's Silvio Berlusconi praised the virility of Kazakhstan's men during a visit to Rome by its president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, saying this was the reason for the former Soviet country's population growth.

2009-11-05T11:34:41+01:00 2009-11-05T11:34:41+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5A33ZP20091105 Stephen Brown

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday a European Court of Human Rights ruling that called for crucifixes to be removed from Italian classrooms was a nonsensical attempt to deny Europe's Christian roots.

2009-11-03T17:30:15+01:00 2009-11-03T17:30:15+01:00 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL3377056 Stephen Brown

* Courts will not convict Berlusconi, opponent says * Alliance necessary to topple prime minister By Daniel Flynn and Massimiliano Di Giorgio ROME, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Italy's courts will never convict Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on corruption charges ...