Frances D'emilio

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FILE -- Undated file photo of Italian neurologist and senator for life Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize winner for Medicine in 1986. Rome's mayor says biologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution, and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, has died at her home in the city. She was 103. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome

Frances D'emilio · December 30, 2012 5:03 pm

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

Frances D'emilio · December 28, 2012 9:57 pm

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the City and to the World) speech from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI has wished Christmas peace to the world, decrying the slaughter of the "defenseless" in Syria and urging Israelis and Palestinians to find the courage to negotiate. Delivering the Vatican's traditional Christmas day message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, a weary-looking and hoarse-sounding Benedict on Tuesday also encouraged Arab spring nations, especially Egypt, to build just and respectful societies. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope’s Christmas message focuses on Mideast, China

Frances D'emilio · December 26, 2012 2:39 am

Pope Benedict XVI is helped on to the altar by Bishop Guido Marini, right, during the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

At Christmas Eve Mass, pope urges space for God

Frances D'emilio · December 24, 2012 11:11 pm

Monti says he is open to leading next government

Frances D'emilio · December 23, 2012 6:13 pm

Party in disarray, Berlusconi wants vote delay

Frances D'emilio · December 18, 2012 9:50 pm

Italian worker, 2 others abducted in Syria

Frances D'emilio · December 17, 2012 5:19 pm

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti prepares to take his place during a media conference after an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. France and Germany have had more than their share of difference over the past few months, but this week at long last the two countries were able to find a compromise that allowed the European Union to realize a deal on a banking union. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Monti to make speech on Italy election intentions

Frances D'emilio · December 16, 2012 7:08 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2012 file photo, Italian Premier Mario Monti gestures during a news conference at the end of a cabinet meeting, at the Chigi Palace government office, Rome. Premier Mario Monti told the Italian president Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, he plans to resign following the sudden loss of support from Silvio Berlusconi's party, paving the way for early elections a year after the economist helped pull the country back from the brink of financial disaster. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Italy awaits market reaction to Monti exit soon

Frances D'emilio · December 9, 2012 6:39 pm

Prime Minister of Italy Mario Monti gestures during the World Policy conference in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Italy’s PM says he intends to quit over crisis

Frances D'emilio · December 9, 2012 3:23 am

In this photo provided by AC Milan press office, billionaire media baron Silvio Berlusconi is surrounded by media as announces he is running for a fourth term as premier, during a visit to the AC Milan Milanello soccer training center, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. "I'm running to win," Berlusconi told reporters outside the training facilities of his soccer team AC Milan. Berlusconi resigned in disgrace a year ago and it seems he is poised to re-enter politics. (AP Photo/Gianni Buzzi, AC Milan press office)

Berlusconi in comeback bid to become Italy premier

Frances D'emilio · December 8, 2012 6:28 pm

Defendants Claudio Eva, center, and Bernardo De Bernardinis, third from right, a former official of the national Civil Protection agency, listen to the verdict at L'Aquila court, Italy, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. An Italian court has convicted seven scientists and experts of manslaughter for failing to adequately warn citizens before an earthquake struck central Italy in 2009, killing more than 300 people. The court in L'Aquila Monday evening handed down the convictions and six-year-prison sentences to the defendants, members of a national "Great Risks Commission." In Italy, convictions aren't definitive until after at least one level of appeals, so it is unlikely any of the defendants would face jail immediately. Scientists worldwide had decried the trial as ridiculous, contending that science has no way to predict quakes. (AP Photo/Raniero Pizzi)

7 experts convicted for not warning of quake risk

Frances D'emilio, Annalisa Camilli · October 22, 2012 4:00 am