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Rome, June 25 - FIFA has opened a probe into Uruguay striker Luis Suarez for apparently biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during his side's 1-0 win at the World Cup on Tuesday, a defeat that saw Italy exit at the group stage.

Pope Francis has issued the strongest condemnation of organised crime groups by a pontiff in two decades, accusing them of practising "the adoration of evil" and saying that mafiosi were excommunicated.

Naples, June 23 - Naples Mediterranean Pride kicks off Saturday June 28 in an afternoon parade with city officials, and celebrities, while tying in social media interaction to create a broad-reaching event.

 In what some could call true rock-and-roll fashion, the city of Rome was ensnared in bumper-to-bumper traffic chaos from the Colosseum to the Tiber Friday due to preparations for the Rolling Stones' concert Sunday. 

 Luca Simeone rides his bike along the sunny beachfront of Naples while his little daughter sleeps on the baby seat. 

The fabled but rundown Golden House of Roman Emperor Nero is looking to the private sector to help fund a new multi-million-euro restoration project that should see it reopen after a 13-year closure in four years' time. 

 “It’s a strange thing, to do an interview in which you’re saying: don’t dare to come to my opera!” 58-year-old Italian composer Luca Francesconi is talking about his opera Quartett, which is on now at London's Linbury Studio Theatre.  

 Men's wear spring-summer 2015 collections walk on the wild side of fashion at the 86th edition of Florence's Pitti Uomo trade fair wrapping up Friday. 

Rome, June 18 - Italy are looking to close in on a place in the knockout round of the World Cup in Brazil on Friday when they face Costa Rica in their second Group D game.

ROME — Two wooden crucifixes dating from the 1490s that are included in a Michelangelo exhibition at the Capitoline Museums in Rome are inciting fresh debate over issues of attribution.

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