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In Naples an excellent cup of coffee can be found twice on every block. If you ask for coffee and want something that comes in a cup larger than the length of your thumb, Neapolitans either look confused or smirk.

The beginning of chocolate is the cacao tree, known by ethnobotanists as "theobroma cacao." According to the article, " Introduction: Chocolate's History at a Glance ," chocolate in its raw state grows in a pod like a pea, but on trees 40-60 feet tall.

Antibiotic over-prescription is promoted by pediatricians' perception of parents' expectations.

The Hon Dr Tonio Borg, Deputy Prime Minister, in the presence of the Hon. Prof. Enzo Scotti, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, launched a book entitled, Malta & Italia, an enduring friendship , consisting of an illustrated compendium of the relations between the two countries since the attainment of ...

Italy's joke-loving prime minister struck a distinctly Borat tone on Friday when he told the president of Kazakhstan that a recent spike in the country's population was due to the virility of its menfolk.

The Amanda Knox murder trial in Italy is entering its final stages, with closing arguments beginning November 20.

Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British... Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez ...

The body of a 35 year-old Bulgarian, Albena Birdi, was discovered dumped in a canal in the Italian city of Padua.

ROME: An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric off the streets of Milan in 2003, a landmark verdict against one of the CIA's most valued anti-terrorism tools - a practice known as extraordinary rendition.

There was uproar in Italy yesterday over a ruling by the European court of human rights that the crucifixes that hang in most Italian classrooms are a violation of religious and educational freedoms.

Menino has served longer than any Boston mayor. Could this be the end of Irish Dominance in Boston/Massachusetts Politics or merely an anomaly? Boston Mayor Thomas Menino won a fifth term Tuesday after a campaign against his toughest challenger in 16 years, Menino has served longer than any Boston mayor.

Less restrictive dietary options, better detection, targeted avoidance measures, educational directives and potential new therapies are improving food allergy management and giving hope to the more than 12 million Americans affected according to experts at the thirteenth international food allergy conference held during the annual meeting of the ...

The nucleoside analogue entecavir achieves a high response rate and progressive decline in liver stiffness in patients with chronic hepatitis B, according to results from the first study in 'real-life' clinical practice reported at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases .

Within weeks of British student Meredith Kercher's death in the vibrant college town of Perugia, Italy, prosecutors and police declared the case closed.

ABC has booked a prime-time interview with pop star Janet Jackson, expected to be her first lengthy television interview since her brother Michael's death.

An Italian judge on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of 26 Americans and seven Italians charged with kidnapping an Egyptian terror suspect in 2003, as the first trial in the world involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program drew to a close.

Italians reacted with outrage on Tuesday after a European court ruled that displaying crucifixes in the country's schools violated the principle of secular education.

Italy's education minister condemned the judgment by the European Court of Human Rights, saying that the Christian cross was a symbol of the country's Roman Catholic religion and cultural identity.

Mariastella Gelmini, a member of the conservative government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, argued that "no one, and certainly not an ideological European court, will succeed in erasing our identity," said

I can't translate accurately from Italian, but this story appeared in Mexico's El Financiero en lA nea: Aumentan a 17 muertos por influenza humana en Italia .

Crucifix ruling sparks uproar in Italy A crucifix is seen on a wall as a student writes on a blackboard in a school classroom in Rome November 3, 2009.

Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in MIlan, Italy.