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Italy launches probe after mass police "sick leave" on New Year's Eve

The Italian government has threatened disciplinary action after 83 per cent of police in Rome called in sick for work on New Year’s Eve. An inquiry

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Italy's costly, deadly battle with migrant traffickers

Finally safe on dry land in Gallipoli, Italy… The vessel Blue Sky M had its steering locked on a collision course for the Italian Adriatic shore

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Italy finds second ghost ship with 450 migrants

The Italian coastguard has rescued a drifting ship towards the coast of Italy with hundreds of migrants on board in the second such incident this

Italy

Burned-out Norman Atlantic ferry waits to moor at Italian port Brindisi

The Norman Atlantic car ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece on Sunday has been taken to the Italian port of Brindisi. Investigators will

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Italian coast guards board new abandoned migrant ship

Italian military takes control of a cargo ship carrying some 450 migrants in the Mediterannean after it had been abandoned by human smugglers

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Italy rescues another abandoned migrant ship

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New footage as mystery remains over how many died in ferry fire tragedy

New footage has emerged of the ordeal suffered by passengers on board the fire-hit ferry Norman Atlantic which is due to be towed to the Italian port

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Video of kidnapped Italian aid workers claims to show women still alive in Syria

Video has just been released suggesting that two unofficial Italian aid workers captured in Syria in August are still alive, although the footage

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World cities greet 2015 with spectacular fireworks displays

Fireworks and music fill the night skies as cities from Sydney to London compete to put on the best display to welcome in the New Year

Italy

Italian President announces retirement, setting challenge for government

Giorgio Napolitano confirms he is to quit as Italy's president setting PM Renzi a major challenge to find a consensus replacement

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Dramatic phone footage of car ferry blaze, rescue

Dramatic footage of the burning Norman Atlantic ferry emerged on Wednesday from two passengers who filmed the rescue operation on their mobile

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Blanket of snow and icy conditions across Italy for New Year

Southern Italy is experiencing unusually wintry weather. In Rome, arctic-inspired winds brought temperatures as low as minus eight degrees Celsius

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Cargo ship with 700 migrants on board and no crew docks in Italy

A cargo ship understood to be carrying around 700 migrants arrived in the Italian port of Gallipoli on Wednesday. Italian authorities had taken

Greece

Rescued ferry passengers arrive safely in Italian port

Rescued passengers from a burning car ferry have arrived safe and sound at the Italian port of Brindisi. Tired and emotional, some 212 survivors met

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Italian coastguard board migrant ship after sudden change in course

Italian officials board a cargo ship carrying hundreds of migrants to check it is sea-worthy after an earlier distress call

Greece

Illegal immigrants "hidden in hold" onboard burning Greek ferry

Two Albanian seamen have been killed as they were towing a car ferry that had caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu, after the cable connecting

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Number of Italy ferry fire victims rises amid fears more may be missing

The number of people known to have died after the fire on an Italian ferry off the Greek island of Corfu has risen to ten. The 36-hour rescue

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Ten confirmed dead as rescue operation ends after Italy ferry fire

Ten people are known to have died after a fire on an Italian ferry off the Greek island of Corfu. It’s understood that nine bodies have been found

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First rescued passengers from burning ferry arrive in Italy; dozens more still waiting onboard

Hundreds of people have been rescued from an Italian ferry that caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu. Dozens more are still waiting to be

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Hundreds still awaiting airlift on stricken Greek ferry

At least 190 people are now known to have been plucked from a burning ferry, adrift off the Greek coast. Hundreds remained trapped onboard as rescue

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