An extra 500 troops are being deployed on the streets of Naples to deal with violent crime after the murder of six African immigrants sparked rioting.

Police in Italy arrested 49 suspected Mafia members in a series of raids today.

Italy’s justice minister resigned today following a corruption probe involving his wife, putting further strain on Premier Romano Prodi’s shaky government.

Emergency steps to deal with the growing backlog of rubbish piling up on Naples' streets were announced today by prime minister Romano Prodi.

THE Italian army started bulldozing piles of uncollected rubbish away from schools in Naples yesterday, more than two weeks into the city’s latest waste crisis.

The Italian army was called in early today to help clear piles of rubbish that has gone uncollected for more than two weeks in the Naples area.

Police in Italy and France have arrested eight Algerians and two Italians as part of an anti-terror operation, police in the southern Italian city of Naples said.

A sumptuous Bourbon palace that once housed the kings of Naples has been closed to the public for six days to allow Tom Cruise to shoot scenes for Mission: Impossible 3.

Thousands of mourners, from Italy’s president to ordinary citizens, streamed past the caskets of 19 Italians killed in Iraq, paying their respects today to the victims of Italy’s worst military disaster since the Second World War.