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Left-wing Rome politicians drop trousers in budget protestWednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:29AMROME – Around 50 left-wing municipal officials dropped their trousers at Rome's city hall on Monday to call for the speedy passage of the Italian capital's 2010 budget.

Italian politicians drop trousers in Budget protestTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 4:07AMAround 50 left-wing municipal officials dropped their trousers at Rome's city hall yesterday to call for the speedy passage of the Italian capital's 2010 Budget.

'We have been reduced to our underwear'Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 8:12PMMunicipal officials have dropped their trousers at the Rome City Hall - all in the name of politics.

Roma: Veltroni a madre Verbano, stupidita' rischia di farci tornare a tempi orribiliThursday, February 11, 2010 @ 1:12AMRoma, 10 feb. - (Adnkronos) - "Cara Carla, riesco ad immaginare il dolore che hai provato alla notizia delle svastiche tracciate sui murales della palestra dedicati a Valerio.

Pd: Bersani, impossibile innovare? speriamo di noThursday, January 28, 2010 @ 10:57AMRoma, 28 gen. (Adnkronos) - C'e' da augurarsi che sia Walter Veltroni che Mourinho si sbaglino, altrimenti "saremmo in un curioso problema".

Vasari Archive at the Center of a 150M Euro DisputeThursday, January 21, 2010 @ 3:02PMMystery surrounds the future of a 16th-century Italian painter’s archive after it was bought by a Russian engineering company for 150 million euros ($225 million), even though the archive cannot legally be taken out of Italy.

Public to view Pope’s bodyThursday, December 24, 2009 @ 11:45PMVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic cardinals have set Pope John Paul’s funeral for April 8 as they begin to plan the Church’s future after the death of the Pontiff who led its faithful for more than a quarter century.

Italy's centre left in tatters after Prodi quitsMonday, December 14, 2009 @ 12:33PMROME (Reuters) - Riven by deep policy divisions and personal rivalries, Italy’s centre left is in tatters after the collapse of Romano Prodi’s government and faces a likely drubbing if a snap election is called.

Feisty architect Hadid challenges Rome skylineFriday, November 20, 2009 @ 5:23AMIraq's Zaha Hadid, one of the world's most acclaimed architects, has given this ancient city that normally shuns modern intrusions another controversial building -- a new museum dedicated to contemporary design.