The hometown of World War II-era Italian dictator Benito Mussolini has banned public display of Fascist symbols and slogans as a tourism-boosting measure. The Predappio town council voted unanimously Wednesday to ban stores from displaying swastikas, cudgels and Fascist slogans in their windows or other

The Queen of England has become a YouTube sensation after footage from Buckingham Palace appeared to show her lose her temper with Italy's prime minister. The video, from an official photo call at the end of the Group of 20 summit, depicts Queen Elizabeth asking: What is it? Why does he have to shout? after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yells a booming greeting to U.S.

By Peter Popham Silvio Berlusconi celebrated an election comeback triumph last night, putting him back in charge of the world's seventh biggest economy for a third term as the centre-left failed to summon the unity to stop him.

Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi is more likely to become the next prime minister of Italy than Rome's former center-left mayor Walter Veltroni, analysts say. Despite the attention Veltroni's bid has garnered, Berlusconi has better odds of making his third comeback as the country's leader, the E.U.

By Christine Spolar, Chicago Tribune Jan. 25--ROM