F1: FERRARI HOPE FOR TEAM-WORK (ANSA) - Spa, September 5 - Ferrari hopes team-work will again see them come from behind and grab the Formula One title - even if it's the other team-mate this time round. Felipe Massa, six points behind F1 leader Lewis Hamilton with six races including Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix to go... > Full news story

ARTS GUIDE: EXHIBITS IN ITALY (ANSA) - Rome, September 5 - The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy's top art exhibitions: CARAGLIO (CUNEO) - Filatoio: 40 Years of Italian Pop Design; part of Turin's year as World Design Capital; until September 14. CORTONA - Etruscan Academy Museum (MAEC): 30 mast... > Full news story

NEW PARTNER FOR ALITALIA BY END OF THE MONTH, FANTOZZI SAYS (ANSA) - Rome, September 5 - Alitalia will very likely have an international partner by the end of the month, Augusto Fantozzi, the state-appointed administrator of the troubled Italian airline said on Friday. ''I know there's a lot of interest in the new Alitalia by domestic as well ... > Full news story

LAZIO WILL NOT STEP IN ON ENGLARO CASE, OFFICIAL SAYS (ANSA) - Rome, September 5 - The Lazio Region on Friday denied reports that it would allow its doctors to switch off the life support system that has kept 35-year-old Eluana Englaro alive for the past 16 years. A statement by a regional councillor in the centre-left- run region on Thur... > Full news story

SOCCER: BORGONOVO IN GEHRIG SHOCK (ANSA) - Rome, September 5 - Former AC Milan and Fiorentina striker Stefano Borgonovo has revealed he is suffering from a killer nerve disease that appears to strike ex-footballers more than others. Borgonovo, 44, is the second well-known player to be hit by amyotrophic lateral scleros... > Full news story

ITALIAN DOCTORS TO STUDY HEART DISEASE ON MOUNT EVEREST (ANSA) - Milan, September 5 - An Italian expedition will set up camp on Mount Everest later this month to collect scientific data on how lack of oxygen affects cardiovascular disease, organisers said on Friday. The Highcare project involves a group of 46 doctors, bio-engineers and moun... > Full news story

SACKED SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS STRIP TO GET JOBS BACK (ANSA) - Milan, September 5 - Nine switchboard operators who promised to strip on Friday in a bid to get their jobs back disappointed peeping toms expecting the full monty. The ladies stripped behind a white sheet. Only nine of the 11 ladies sacked by Legnano hospital at the... > Full news story

PUTIN NAMESAKE NABBED FOR SHOPLIFTING IN RICCIONE (ANSA) - Rimini, September 5 - Italian police thought they were being hoodwinked this week when they caught a Russian shoplifter who said he was Vladimir Putin. After checking out his passport it turned out that he was indeed the Russian leader's namesake. The 30-year-old was nabb... > Full news story