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ANSA. A lost fresco portraying Napoleon's triumph at the Battle of Austerlitz has been rediscovered in Venice. The fresco by Venetian artist Giovanni Carlo Bevilacqua (1775-1849) was one of a series of celebratory works commissioned in Venice after the French military genius's victory over the mighty combined forces of Austria and Russia in 1805. (Read the article)
ANSA. Funds arriving in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila to help reconstruct the city after the devastating April 6 earthquake could become a target for the Mafia, L'Aquila public prosecutor Alfredo Rossini warned Tuesday. (Read the article)
ANSA. he port city of Genoa is to celebrate the treasures of the Mediterranean sea, with a Slow Food event devoted to fish. Slow Fish, which runs from April 17 to 20, is a fair paying tribute to the delights of the Mediterranean's many varieties but also exploring their problems and looking at ways to protect vanishing species. (Read the article)
ANSA. X-Men star Hugh Jackman is ''dying'' to work with Italian director Gabriele Muccino, he said at a press conference here Tuesday. (Read the article)
FORBES. As Italian carmaker Fiat and Chrysler race toward a union triggered by the Obama administration, one option under discussion is that Sergio Marchionne, currently Fiat's overlord, could become chief executive of Chrysler. According to a report in trade publication Automotive News, Chrysler and Fiat are also discussing a new management and board for the U.S. automaker under a proposed alliance. (Read the aricle by Javier Espinoza)
BOSTON GLOBE. During an Easter Mass at St. Leonard of Port Maurice Roman Catholic Church in the North End yesterday, worshipers opened their wallets to send some relief back to Italy to aid victims of the devastating earthquake that shook the central part of the country on April 6, killing nearly 300 people. (Read the article by John M. Guilfoil)
Guardian. A 100-strong culture ministry team yesterday began a full inventory of churches, historic buildings and their contents in the Italian region of Abruzzo, after rescue workers called off their search for survivors of the devastating earthquake. (Read the article)
ANSA. A special shelter for lost and injured animals on Thursday joined the tent city that has sprung up around L'Aquila since Monday's earthquake. Volunteers from Rome's Animal Protection Department opened a tent to provide official medical treatment and shelter for animals left wounded or homeless during the quake and its aftermath (Read the article)
AP. Relatives of Italian seamen seized by pirates off Somalia are anxiously awaiting word of the fate of their loved ones. The 16-member crew of the Italian-flagged Buccaneer tug was seized Saturday in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden. Ten of the 16 crew members are Italian, including the commander, Mario Iarlori. (Read the article)
AP. A delegation of around 20 elderly Jews and their descendants — as well as community leaders — made their way to makeshift camps in the area around the mountain city of L'Aquila on Monday, peering into tents in a bid to find their saviors. (Read the article by Ariel David)