Italy wrings hands over work death "plague"
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Albanian immigrant Artan Plaka was 19 when his head was crushed in the machinery of a Tuscan textile firm and he became, officially, the 435th death at work in Italy since the start of the year.
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The killing of a Pakistani woman whose family claimed she resisted an Islamic lifestyle and the suicide of an Indian woman to avoid a forced marriage have stirred a debate about culture clashes as Italy considers relaxing its citizenship rules for immigrants.
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Government, trade union and Alitalia officials were locked in talks in Rome on the state's social measures to help staff set to lose their jobs in the Italian carrier's planned relaunch.
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Concern was mounting last night over the fate of two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Baghdad a fortnight ago, after two separate statements appeared on the internet claiming that the women had been killed.
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An anguished nation clung to hope Thursday that two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq were still alive, as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government urged caution in assessing two separate Internet statements claiming that the women had been killed.
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Una donna Ã¨ morta dopo essersi presa cura della figlia malata. Le autoritÃ : nessuna prova che il virus sia mutato. BANGKOK - Ore di ansia in Thailandia per il sospetto contagio dell&#39;influenza dei polli da una bambina di 11 anni alla madre.
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Bubonic plague has killed one person  and made another sick in China, the Health Ministry said,  appealing for efforts nationwide to prevent further outbreaks.
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ROME, Sept 23  - Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims about the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.
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Un vaccino candidato contro la forma piÃ¹ grave di malaria ha dato risultati giudicati incoraggianti in occasione di un test condotto su dei bambini in Mozambico. A dare la notizia Ã¨ un articolo apparso sulla rivista medica britannica The Lancet.
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A small region in northern Italy is  battling what may be Europe&#39;s first epidemic of the crippling,  mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus, a senior official at the  Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) told Reuters.
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Italian cemeteries are preparing special areas for people to scatter ashes of the dead after a long-awaited law allowing them to do what they wish with remains was enacted.
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Italian authorities responded cautiously to reports that an Italian national may have been taken hostage and killed in Iraq.
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Business and travel in Italy ground to a near-halt Tuesday as millions of workers participated in a one-day government strike, the BBC said.
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The confirmation came from a spokesman for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who described the killing as &quot;an act of barbarity&quot;.
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La Cina ha annunciato oggi di aver scoperto un ceppo mortale del virus dell&#39;influenza dei polli per la prima volta fra i maiali. Si tratta di una scoperta temuta, perchÃ¨ l&#39;esistenza di quel ceppo suino faciliterebbe
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Italy's football industry urged government and sporting authorities meeting on Monday to lift a ban on soccer matches as the nation prepared to bury a policeman killed by rioting fans.Comment
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A spate of recent deaths has stirred fears of a broader outbreak among people and raised the possibility of a human pandemic.