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Mafioso assault sparks Italian media protest

Dozens of Italian journalists protested Friday to defend freedom of speech after a colleague was violently assaulted by the brother of a mafia boss.

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Italian priest tells raped girl she asked for it

An Italian priest prompted outrage on Thursday by going on Facebook to tell a girl who said she had been raped that it was her fault for getting drunk and hanging around with immigrants.

Crime

'I'll get through this': Victim of revenge acid attack

A woman disfigured by acid in an apparent revenge attack by an ex-boyfriend has said she will "get through this".

Crime

Senior attacks neighbour over 'loud hoover'

An 80-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder after attacking a neighbour with a hammer because the loud noise of her vacuum cleaner annoyed him.