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Bruised and bandaged, Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was discharged from hospital on Thursday, four days after a lone protester smashed a souvenir statuette into his face.

The 73-year-old media mogul had a large bandage stuck to the left side of his face and over his nose, which was broken in the attack in central Milan on Sunday, as he mingled in a crowd of supporters following a political rally.

The assault has widened a deep rift between Italy's feuding political parties and further divided an already sharply polarized society.

A Milan anti-terrorism police official said the man "wanted to pay a visit on the premier at 2 a.m." Wednesday and made it to the entrance of the seventh floor of Milan's San Raffaele Hospital where Berlusconi, 73, and other patients were being treated.

TURIN, ITALY, December 16, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- While staying in Turin hotels , people may want to jump in their hire car and see as much of northern Italy as they can during their time in the Mediterranean country.

Silvio Berlusconi will spend a second night in hospital after being attacked in Milan.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is currently facing corruption trials and a nasty divorce after a series of sex scandals.

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MILWAUKEE a ' A Milwaukee company's wireless heart-monitoring device scored a significant victory in Italy.

White truffles are exotic, delicious and expensive. If you're going to indulge before the season ends in December, you'll find what may be the finest in the city at Bravo Gianni located at 230 East 63rd Street.

A lost painting by Caravaggio which art lovers have long hoped might still be found was burnt and destroyed by the Mafia, according to a former hitman turned pentito .

London- Filipino independent film "Bakal Boys " has reaped awards and recognition as it toured Europe starting last month till the first week of December for some of Europe's respected international film festivals.

Phoenix, AZa ' To help improve safety and reliability of nine crude oil and finished-product pipelines in Italy, Honeywell recently completed a $5-million automation project for Societa per Azioni Raffineria Padana Olii Minerali .

By Silvia Aloisi Turin, Italy - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi goes back on trial for corruption on Friday, while in an unrelated Mafia case, a mobster-turned-witness may try to link him to the Cosa Nostra.

Witness links Berlusconi to Mafia Mafia informant Gaspare Spatuzza is led surrounded by Italian police officers into a courtroom in Turin December 4, 2009.

All work and no play? Come the weekend, Italy's industrious fashion city is anything but... Italy's fashion city suffers an image problem.

University of Nevada, Reno senior David Schacter fulfilled his language and cultural requirements in Costa Rica and practiced martial arts in the Shaolin Temple in China, where he took international business classes.

The Wall Street Journal has published an extensive article on the open source hardware movement, as exemplified by the Arduino initiative and the people behind it.

Fundraising event in honor of Daniel P Quinn's 25th Anniversary as Producer begins in association with ArtsPRunlimited for June in NYC.

A rock opera created by teens in Louisiana and Italy will explore a day in the life of a typical student in each country.

Since leaving BMW's top design post in March, Chris Bangle has been uncharacteristically quiet and out of the spotlight.

He gave every appearance of material "success" a ' fast cars, good looks, a successful business, and a Playboy-model girlfriend.