ITALIANS HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN BERLUSCONI THAN IN HIS GOVT (ANSA) - Rome, May 9 - Italians have more confidence in Premier Silvio Berlusocni than his government as a whole, a poll showed on Friday. Carried out by the IPR agency for the Rome daily La Repubblica, the poll found that 53% of Italians have confidence in the premier, compared to 49%... > Full news story

LIBYA/ITALY: CALDEROLI 'SORRY' (ANSA) - Rome, May 9 - An Italian government minister whose reappointment was opposed by Libya on Friday apologised for an incident during his last term which many observers have linked to the north African country's decision to halt cooperation on stopping immigrants. ''I'm sorry for ... > Full news story

ITALIANS FIND ENIGMA CRYPTOLOGIST SHIPWRECK (ANSA) - Milan, May 9 - A team of Italian divers claims to have discovered the wreck of the Amoriciere, a French passenger ship that sank in 1942 taking with it one of the Polish decryptors of Germany's Enigma code. The Italian divers, who are also staff members on the diving magazine ... > Full news story

FRESH DUISBURG CLAN ARRESTS (ANSA) - Reggio Calabria, May 9 - Police on Friday made a fresh sweep against 'Ndrangheta (Calabrian Mafia) clans involved in the gangland slaying of six Italians in the German city of Duisburg last summer. Police said the seven arrests were the follow-up to an operation shortly after ... > Full news story

GOVT SWORN IN (ANSA) - Rome, May 8 - Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government was sworn in Thursday by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. The 12 ministers and nine ministers without portfolio pronounced a solemn oath on a copy of the Italian Constitution. After the ceremony, Interior Minister Ro... > Full news story

MAYORS CAN SWEAR AT USELESS CONTRACTORS, COURT RULES (ANSA) - Rome, May 8 - Italy's highest appeals on Thursday ruled that mayors are entitled to swear at companies who fail to carry out services necessary for citizens to go about their daily life. The Cassation Court made the ruling after the mayor of a small town in Molise accused a co... > Full news story

GOVT BIOS: MINISTERS WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (ANSA) - Rome, May 8 - Following are bios of ministers without portfolio in Silvio Berlusconi's new government. KEY:PDL= People of Freedom Party, FI=Forza Italia, AN=Northern Alliance, L=Northern League, DCA=Independent Christian Democrats. * Reform - UMBERTO BOSSI (L). Even aft... > Full news story

GOVT BIOS: MINISTERS WITH PORTFOLIO (ANSA) - Rome, May 8 - Following are bios of ministers with portfolio in Silvio Berlusconi's new government: KEY: PDL=People of Freedom, Forza Italia=FI, AN=National Alliance, L=Northern League) * Foreign Affairs - FRANCO FRATTINI (PDL-FI). Frattini, 51, has stepped down as European Jus... > Full news story