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L'AQUILA, Italy -- Strong aftershocks Tuesday sent a fresh wave of fear across earthquake-shattered central Italy, and rescue crews pulled a young woman alive from a collapsed building about 42 [...]

Byline: MARTA FALCONI; Associated Press EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY Aftershocks continue to frighten residents, as death toll climbs to 235 L'AQUILA, ITALY -- Strong aftershocks yesterday sent a fresh wave of [...]

L'AQUILA, Italy -- Rescue workers using bare hands and buckets searched frantically for students believed buried in a wrecked dormitory after Italy's deadliest quake in nearly three decades struck this [...]

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican on Thursday rejected requests to immediately open its secret archives on wartime Pope Pius XII, who critics say did not speak out enough to save [...]

ROME World rice prices that have tripled in Asia over the course of the year may come down, but overall food prices will remain high for years to come, leaving [...]

PERUGIA, Italy For many college students, a year abroad is an experience of a lifetime an opportunity to learn a new language and live in a new culture. But it's [...]

ROME Rome marked the opening of its first 'Gay Street' with flags, banners and protests amid a row over a homosexual couple who claimed they were detained by police for [...]

Byline: MARTA FALCONI; Associated Press RAVELLO, ITALY -- Here along the Amalfi Coast, dramatic panoramas of rocky cliffs hanging over the sea are everywhere. But the views from the town [...]

ROME Tens of thousands of mothers, fathers, sons and daughters rallied Saturday to tell Italy that they alone should be counted as families, pressuring Parliament to reject legislation that would [...]

Byline: MARTA FALCONI; Associated Press ROME -- It's a rare chance to smell the scent of ancient history -- typically a mix of natural spices and olive oil -- thanks [...]

ROME The United States and much of Europe have reversed years of deforestation and are showing a net increase in wooded areas, while most developing countries continue to cut down [...]

ROME Caroline Hart chose a church convent for her stay in Rome this week instead of a hotel. She's also walking more and eating less. But it's not a spiritual [...]

ROME Anthropologists said they have pieced together Leonardo da Vinci's left index fingerprint a discovery that could help provide information on such matters as the food the artist ate and [...]

Byline: MARTA FALCONI; Associated Press BRACCIANO, ITALY -- This medieval lakeside town outside Rome spruced up for an onslaught of fans, celebrities and paparazzi yesterday, the eve of the eagerly [...]

Byline: MARTA FALCONI; Associated Press ROME -- The 15th-century Odescalchi Castle near Lake Bracciano -- the likely venue for the weekend wedding of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes -- [...]

Byline: MARTA FALCONI; Associated Press ROME -- From George Clooney's estate on Lake Como to Mussolini's former home on Garda Lake, media speculation on where in Italy Hollywood's most high-profile [...]

ROME - Vincent Schiavelli, the droopy-eyed character actor who appeared in scores of movies, including 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Ghost,' died Monday at his home in Sicily. [...]

ROME - A group of engineers and geology experts say they are considering injecting seawater under Venice to raise the waterlogged Italian city by one foot to rescue it from [...]

ROME - Art experts and conservative clerics are holding an unusual 'trial' in Leonardo da Vinci's hometown aimed at sorting out fact from fiction in the 'The Da Vinci Code' [...]

ROME - A fingerprint and stylistic touches uncovered during restoration of a disputed Renaissance masterpiece raises the possibility it may have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci, who sometimes left [...]

Byline: MARTA FALCONI; Associated Press ROME -- It's an artistic mystery whose hottest clue is a fingerprint. The Adoration of the Christ Child is attributed to Fra Bartolomeo, but a [...]

The article discusses efforts by developer Samih Sawiris to convert the town of Andermatt, Switzerland into a destination for affluent people. He is undertaking a $2 billion project there that will include luxury condominiums, chalets, and hotels, and an 18-hole golf course. Andermatt will face competition for wealthy travelers from the nearby towns of St. Moritz and Zermatt.

The article discusses layoffs arising from merger activity in the pharmaceuticals industry. Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. are among drug companies that have eliminated thousands of jobs following mergers. Consulting firm ZS Associates estimates the U.S. pharmaceutical business has eliminated 40% of its sales staff since 2006.

The article discusses efforts by drug companies to develop treatments for age-related muscle wasting called sarcopenia. Novartis AG, Sanofi, and Eli Lilly & Co. are all developing separate drugs that work by inhibiting myostatin, a protein that limits muscle growth. Pioneering work in the field was done by molecular biologist Se-Jin Lee.

The article states pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Novartis unveiled on April 22, 2014 a series of transactions worth over 20 billion dollars that will allow Novartis to focus on pharmaceuticals, generics, and eye care without reducing revenue while GSK will focus more on vaccines and consumer drugs.

The article discusses a warning from the European Medicines Agency, a drug regulator, that the cancer drug Herceptin from Roche Holding AG which had been stolen and tampered with has been reintroduced into the European market as of 2014.

The article looks at pharmaceutical company Novartis AG as of April 2014, reporting the company has made changes including the replacement of three top executives in its Japan division, Novartis Pharma K.K., in response to scandals related to clinical studies and conflicts of interest.

The article reports that a Serelaxin, a heart-failure drug by pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, was not recommended for approval following a negative medical review by the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as of March 26, 2014, and includes information on the drug's review in Europe.

The article focuses on Joerg Reinhardt, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of pharmaceutical industry company Novartis AG, who states that the firm must continue to invest in research to create drugs which offer improved performance over generic drugs.