SOCCER: ITALY GEAR UP FOR BELGIUM (ANSA) - Florence, May 30 - Italy coach Roberto Donadoni on Friday put the finishing touches to the team he has lined up against Belgium Friday night in Italy's last friendly ahead of Euro 2008. Donadoni is expected to field the same team that should kick off Italy's campaign against

SOCCER: AMAURI TO JUVE, NOCERINO AND LIVERANI TO PALERMO (ANSA) - Turin, May 30 - Palermo's Brazilian striker Amauri moved to Juventus on Friday while Juve midfielder Antonio Nocerino went the other way. Amauri, who was courted by AC Milan and English clubs, said it was ''a dream'' to join the Turin giants, who gave him a four-year contract....

FAO TO HOST UN FOOD SECURITY CONFERENCE IN ROME (ANSA) - Rome, May 30 - World leaders gather in the Italian capital next week for a high-level summit on global food security which will focus on combating hunger and poverty as well as boosting agricultural production. The summit, a response to soaring prices and the growing demand

SOCCER: MANCINI TO SUE INTER (ANSA) - Rome, May 30 - Roberto Mancini is to sue Inter Milan for the allegedly defamatory content of the Thursday night statement in which the club announced he was no longer its coach. Mancini told ANSA Friday he had instructed his lawyers to defend his reputation in court.

INFLATION CONTINUES TO CLIMB, +3.6% IN MAY (ANSA) - Rome, May 30 - Inflation in Italy continues to climb and this month's year-on-year rate hit 3.6%, its highest since August of 1996, national statistics bureau Istat said in a preliminary report. The consumer price index, Istat added, rose 0.5% over April, when the inflation rate was 3.3%

TWO DIE IN MUDSLIDE (ANSA) - Turin, May 29 - Two people were left dead and two missing after a mudslide in Piedmont on Thursday as heavy rains battered Italy's northern and central regions. The body of an elderly man was discovered in a house hit by the mudslide while another man was found in a nearby car.

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