Second World War
19,000 evacuated for detonation of two unexploded WW2 bombs
A total of around 19,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Sunday as the Italian army worked to detonate two unexploded bombs, one in Umbria and one in Emilia Romagna.
Italian navy divers find and detonate two American Second World War bombs
Divers from the Italian navy have recovered two American aerial bombs found in a river in the north-east of the country, in what the navy called a "delicate and complex operation".
Dog digs up World War II hand grenade
A Saturday afternoon almost ended in tragedy for a group of children playing in a backyard in Velletri in the province of Rome, when a dog dug up a World War II hand grenade.