<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Italy</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe/westerneurope/italy?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><description>Italy</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Tyrants' Lobbyist, Flamboyant to the End]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32912-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32912-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As part of Washington's image machinery for more than two decades, Edward von Kloberg III did his best to sanitize some of the late 20th century's most notorious dictators as they sought favors and approval from U.S. officials.]]></description><author> Adam Bernstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Disputes U.S. Report on  Agent's Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32889-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32889-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ROME, May 2  --  Italian investigators said Monday that nervousness and inexperience among U.S. troops contributed to the March 4 killing of an Italian intelligence agent at a roadblock as he tried to take a freed kidnap victim to the Baghdad airport.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams and Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington  Ballet's Italian Faux Pas De Deux]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32896-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32896-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  FLORENCE, Italy  --  The Italians have a phrase for the Washington Ballet's cancellation of its summer tour to Italy: <em>"Brutta figura." </em>Or just <em>"Figuraccia." </em>Both mean doing something shameful, tacky, cutting a sorry figure, as in <em>"Il Washington Ballet ha fatto una figuraccia." </em>]]></description><author> Daniel Williams and Sarah Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Along the Rhine,  Old Europe's New Vibe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25665-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25665-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In Rhineland, the New Europe vibe is everywhere.<br>The cobbled streets of Rudolfplatz, a popular Cologne dining quarter, are lined with traditional German <em>brauhauses</em>  --  and French bistros, Spanish bodegas and Italian trattorias. On the Rhine, the mighty river that gives this...]]></description><author> Gary Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S., Italy Fail to Agree On Agent's Death in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26991-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26991-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, April 29  --  After a five-week joint investigation, U.S. and Italian officials announced Friday they had failed to reach agreement on the circumstances of the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent by U.S. troops in Baghdad on March 5. The deadlock keeps alive a dispute that is undermining the standing of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a key U.S. ally in Iraq.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams  and Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Opens Its Own Probe of Agent's Slaying in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21597-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21597-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, April 27  --  Dissatisfied with the results of a joint investigation with the United States, Italy on Wednesday began its own probe into the March 4 killing of one of its intelligence agents by U.S. troops in Baghdad.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Made in Italy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21456-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21456-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MILAN<br>Designer Karim Rashid stands out in Milan, partly because he is 6 feet 4 and wearing a pale pink suit and pink titanium sunglasses. But also because he is one of a handful of American-based designers who create products for Italian furniture companies to show at the annual...]]></description><author> Jura Koncius</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Prayed That He Wouldn't Get the Job]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16464-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16464-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, April 25  --  Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims from his native Germany on Monday that during the conclave that elected him last week, he prayed that he wouldn't get the job.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Tells Journalists to Search for 'Truth']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11300-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11300-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI presented a smiling papacy to the world's news media Saturday while, in the background, the Vatican's battle over same-sex marriage legislation in Spain presented the pontiff with an early test of his moral authority.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benedict Reappoints Top Vatican Officials]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7117-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7117-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI got down to business Thursday, reappointing the previous heads of Vatican departments until further notice and keeping on the secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who is effectively his prime minister.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Berlusconi Resigns but Plans New Cabinet]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4304-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4304-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2005 0:02:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, his government reeling from recent electoral setbacks, resigned on Wednesday, technically ending the life of Italy's longest-lasting post-World War II government.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item></channel></rss>