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ANSA. Students at Rome's La Sapienza university protesting against cuts in the higher education sector on Wednesday threw shoes, stones and bottles at police preventing them from marching outside the university. (Read the article)
AFP. Some 200 Italian doctors took to the streets of Rome on Tuesday to insist on their right to professional secrecy and refusal to betray suspected illegal immigrants to the authorities. "We Are Doctors, Not Spies," read many protesters' T-shirts at the rally, part of a national day of protest against a controversial bill that would require doctors to inform on patients they suspect of being in Italy illegally. (Read the article)
AP. The Italian government has tapped the man who handled the Naples garbage crisis to deal with another emergency — the shabby state of many ancient monuments in Rome. Guido Bertolaso has been named special commissioner for the archaeological treasures in the Italian capital and nearby Ostia, the city's ancient port, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday. (Read the article)
BBC. Italian police are hunting a pack of stray dogs which killed a boy aged 10 and mauled a 24-year-old woman in the Ragusa area of southern Sicily.They caught about 30 strays after the boy was dragged off his bicycle and killed on Sunday but about 20 dogs are believed still to be running wild (Read the article)
ANSA. Condoms are not the solution to the problem of AIDS in African countries but make it worse, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday, reportedly using the word 'condom' in public for the first time. (Read the article)
ANSA. A new treasure from Herculaneum was unveiled in Naples on Tuesday, where it will join a major exhibition exploring life in the Ancient Roman town buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. The show, running until April 13, already features over 150 artefacts and human remains uncovered over the last three centuries but the new relief, uncovered by accident last month, is stirring fresh interest. (Read the article)
ANSA. The worst cases of depression may respond to a steady pulse of low-level electric current, Italian researchers believe. (Read the article)
ANSA. The relatives of Mafia members are increasingly in need of psychiatric help, according to a new study from the University of Palermo. ''Psychiatric problems are steadily rising among the families, a sign that the monolithic culture of Mafia society is crumbling,'' said the author of the study, Palermo University psychologist Girolamo Lo Verso, who has studied the increasing frailty of the Mafia mindset for years. (Read the article)
ANSA. semi-naked Italian porn star shook up the Milan stock exchange Tuesday by accusing financiers of ''stripping Italians of everything but their underwear''. (Read the article)
ITALY GLOBAL NATION. A response to Alzheimer’s disease could be hidden in the same substance that ignites it: beta-protein. A “Made in Milan” research has identified a mutated form of this condition and it could represent a shield against the illness. The results of this research could one day lead to the formulation of a drug which could block the onset of Alzheimer’s in all of its forms, including hereditary Alzheimer’s which can attack the brain at the age of 40 and even 30. This research has gained the spotlight of “Science”, the important scientific journalITALY GLOBAL NATION. (Read the Article)