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Rescue workers recover the bodies of six people who died following a sled crash on Mount Cermis, northern Italy, early Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Six Russians were killed and two others were injured late Friday after their snowmobile slammed into a fence and flipped over into a ditch during a night run down an Italian ski slope. (AP Photo/Federico Modica)

6 Russians die in snowmobile crash in Italy

By Francis D'Emilio - Associated Press

Criminal probe expected after racist soccer chants

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini — an Italian neurologist, senator-for-life and Nobel laureate — is pictured at a press conference for her 100th birthday in Rome in 2009. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at age 103

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Italian Premier Mario Monti speaks during a press conference at the Italian Senate in Rome on Dec. 28, 2012. Monti announced he is heading a new campaign coalition made of up centrists, businessmen and pro-Vatican forces, paving the way for his possible return to office if it wins enough seats in February parliamentary elections. (Associated Press)

Italy’s Monti: I’m heading new electoral coalition

Associated Press

Italian Premier Mario Monti said during a news conference in Rome on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, that he won't take up former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's offer to run on a center-right election ticket, citing Mr. Berlusconi's heavy criticism of his economic policies. (AP Photo/Mauro Scrobogna, Lapresse)

Italy’s Monti isn’t running for office, but he has fiscal plan

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Italian Premier Mario Monti said during a news conference in Rome on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, that he won't take up former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's offer to run on a center-right election ticket, citing Mr. Berlusconi's heavy criticism of his economic policies. (AP Photo/Mauro Scrobogna, Lapresse)

Monti says he won’t run for Italian premier

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Briefly: Monti won’t run for prime minister

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Column: Ifs and buts about head-butts in soccer

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Nov. 6, 2002, file photo, Michelangelo's "David-Apollo" is bathed in light at the Art Institute of Chicago. The sculpture goes on view Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The sculpture, from the year 1530, is on loan from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, and was last shown in the U.S. capital in 1949 when it drew nearly 800,000 visitors. It was also a centerpiece for those who attended President Harry Truman's inaugural reception at the gallery. (AP Photo/Brandi Jade Thomas, File)

Michelangelo’s ‘David-Apollo’ pays return visit to U.S.

By Roland Flamini - Special to the Washington Times

Asia wins Royal Trophy in playoff

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

A Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

Stocks edge higher; Dow boosted by McDonald’s

By Steve Rothwell - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this photo released on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi tapes a video message where he announces he will not run for a fourth term as premier in spring elections. (AP Photo/Livio Anticoli, Berlusconi press office)

Berlusconi says he is running again for Italian premier

By Frances D’Emilio - Associated Press

Italian Premier Mario Monti listens to a question during a press conference at the end of a cabinet meeting at Chigi Palace government's office in Rome on Dec. 6, 2012. (Associated Press)

Italy’s Berlusconi puts pressure on new PM Monti

By Victor L. Simpson - Associated Press

Transparency International chairwoman Huguette Labelle is seen during her meeting with Hungarian Prime Gordon Bajnai, not seen, in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Labelle arrived to Hungary to meet top Hungarian politicians to discuss issues of corruption. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Survey: Greece seen as most corrupt in EU

By David Rising - Associated Press

Briefly: Bulgaria offers citizenship to foreign investors

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Briefly: Sarkozy’s party battles to save itself

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Aesthetic Modernism and Masculinity in Fascist Italy’

By Martin Rubin - Special to The Washington Times

Czech Republic wins Davis Cup title 3-2 over Spain

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

A tax police officer squats Oct. 24, 2012, next to a confiscated Ferrari at the Guardia di Finanza quarters in Pescara, Italy. (Associated Press/Courtesy of the Guardia di Finanza)

Beating tax cheats key to Italy’s recovery plan

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press