The father of an Italian woman who died this month after a right-to-die battle that split the country has been placed under investigation for murder. Beppino Englaro, 67, is one of 14 people probed in connection with his daughter’s death at a clinic in the northern city of Udine after 17 years in a vegetative state.
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Eluana father probed for murder
An American woman on trial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher did cartwheels at the police station following her arrest, a Perugia court heard Friday.
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Kercher suspect ‘did cartwheels’ after arrest
Francesco Totti is an injury doubt for AS Roma’s match at Serie A leaders Inter Milan on Sunday night. The Roma skipper missed Friday training because of pain in his right knee that has dogged him all season and led to an under-par display at Arsenal in midweek. But the inspirational skipper is ”optimistic” to make the match, Roma sources said.
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Totti doubt for Inter
In order for Formula One to survive, not only must costs be cut but the sport has to generate more turnover, according to Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo.
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Boost turnover as well as cut costs, Montezemolo says
Risotto allo zafferano con polvere di liquirizia Words and Pictures by Germaine Stafford
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Saffron risotto with liquorice powder
The stunning landscapes and glimpses of otherworldly beauty that won Utagawa Hiroshige a name as one of Japan’s most famous artists are to go on show in Rome.
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Hiroshige’s ‘floating world’ of natural beauty in Rome
Italy’s proposal to involve Iran in the stabilisation of Afghanistan will top the agenda when Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini meets United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the first time Friday.
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Iran-Afghanistan at Frattini-Clinton meet
Citizens’ rights association Cittadinanzattiva on Thursday expressed ”extreme satisfaction” after an appeals court found five people guilty in connection with a 2002 earthquake disaster in which an entire class of small school children died.
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Citizens’ rights group welcomes school collapse ruling
Italy’s anti-trust authority has slapped fines totalling 12.5 million euros on 26 pasta producers and the national producers’ union Unipi for creating a cartel with the aim of stifling competition and driving up prices.
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Pasta producers fined for creating cartel
AS Roma is hoping to get into Serie A’s Champions League qualification zone by doing what Manchester United couldn’t this week and beating Inter Milan at San Siro on Sunday night. Roma, runners-up the last two years, had a dismal start to the season, losing six of their first nine games including a 4-0 drubbing by leaders and champs Inter.
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Roma eye Champions zone