Tuscany

...inaugurated. </p><p>The ceremony comes as civil protection crews and firefighters in Tuscany, some 225 kilometers (140 miles) northwest of L'Aquila, inspected buildings following a 4.2-magnitude quake that struck Monday night. </p><p>No...

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Barberino del Mugello, and Sardinia

...counsellor at the Chinese embassy in Rome, was quoted as saying. Hu, visiting Pisa in Tuscany, "is leaving this town to return to Beijing," the Italian news agency said. State Councillor Dai Bingguo would take part in the summit of the...

In this article: Hu Jintao, Italy, China, Xinjiang, L'Aquila, and Urumqi

Kiefel was a veteran of several U.S.-based professional cycling teams such as 7-Eleven , Motorola, Coors Light and Saturn, where he captured wins in such European races as the 1985 Trofeo Laigueglia and the 1987 Tour of Tuscany. He...

In this article: Ron Kiefel, Tour de France, United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, Trofeo Laigueglia, Giro d'Italia, USA Cycling, Davis Phinney, and Andrew Weaver

Berlusconi, who was jeered with shouts of "paedophile" and "whoremonger" when he visited the scene of a train crash in Viareggio in Tuscany last week, will aim to minimise the risk of further public hostility when he escorts leaders to towns...

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, London, Rome, Veronica Lario, Milan, and G8

A June explosion at a train yard in Tuscany that killed 31, initially bemoaned as a "tragic accident," is now being investigated by a team of prosecutors who say that inadequate maintenance and rusting tracks were to blame. The same...

In this article: Italy, Messina, Silvio Berlusconi, Giorgio Napolitano, Scaletta Zanclea, L'Aquila, Hurricane Katrina, and Mafia