Italian citizens have held a minute's silence to remember victims, 20 years after the Linate plane accident. Memorials were held at 08: 10 at every airport across the country to mark the anniversary of Italy's worst aviation disaster.A total of 118 people were killed when a Scandinavian Airlines flight collided with a small private Cessna aircraft at Milan's airport in 2001. The accident occurred as the airliner was due to take off for Copenhagen in thick fog, with 110 passengers and crew on boa

ROME( Reuters)-Italy's parliament will make a fifth attempt to elect a new president on Friday, with the centre-right parties saying they will try to push through a candidate from their own ranks for the powerful role.... The conservative parties will hold another meeting at 0800 GMT on Friday to decide which of these names to support.... With tempers fraying after four inconclusive days, party representatives will meet at 0915 GMT to decide whether to hold two rounds of voting per day from Fr