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ANSA. Andrea Bocelli is to get a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. The pop-classical tenor will make his mark on the famed sidewalk next March along with Ringo Starr, Bryan Adams, Van Morrison, Russell Crowe, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth and James Cameron, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced. (Read the article)
THE SEATTLE TIMES. Francis Ford Coppola, at 70, is back where he started. The legendary filmmaker has watched his career rise and fall over the past four decades, from the awards and acclaim for "The Godfather" to the disappointment of "One from the Heart," to the long eight years following his troubled last studio project, 1997's "The Rainmaker." So, during that fallow period, he looked back to his early years. (Read the article)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. When Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi clash, it is no surprise that the dispute plays out across multiple platforms. In Italy, Mr. Berlusconi, the prime minister, has used an interview on one of his own television channels to accuse Mr. Murdoch of mounting a personal attack through a newspaper owned by the News Corporation, his global media empire. (Read the article)
AP. Italian police said Tuesday they had arrested 13 people suspected of helping a top Mafia fugitive hide, communicate with other mobsters and conduct his business. (Read the article)
ANSA. A head of the Roman Emperor Titus was found Tuesday amid the latest archeological hoard to be hauled from the ruins of the ancient port of Puteoli near Naples. (Read the article)
ANSA. Two workers died on Monday after entering a water purification system in this small Ligurian town. (Read the article)
ANSA. Italy will accept three 'enemy combatants' who have been held prisoner at the American base in Guantanamo, Cuba, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi told US President Barack Obama on Monday. (Read the article)
AP. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's meeting Monday with President Barack Obama offers the Italian leader a chance to rehabilitate his international reputation after a scandal over his link to an 18-year-old model and ahead of a major summit he is hosting next month. (Read the article)
BBC. The Italian lower house has cancelled a high-level conference with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after he failed to turn up after a two-hour wait. (Read the article)
ANSA. A 16th-century painting of a nude Mona Lisa once attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci will go on show for the first time on Saturday as part of a sweeping new exhibition opening near Florence. (Read the article)