Italy's famous leaning tower of Pisa has stopped moving for the first time in its 800-year history, engineers who have worked to stabilize it say.

The home of Antonio Rosario Mennonna, the world's oldest bishop who turns 102 on May 27, has been burgled, his nephew told journalists in Italy Monday.

An Italian man has been sentenced to 10 days in jail and ordered to pay a 40 euro ($63) fine for staring at a woman on a train, national media reported on Friday.

The first exit poll issued at the closing of voting in the Italian general election shows media mogul Silvio Berlusconi is on course to win and secure a third term as prime minister. The exit polls issued after the second day of voting, put the 71-year-old media magnate ahead in the lower and upper houses of parliament.

More than 47 million Italians are voting Sunday and Monday in a general election that could bring media-magnate Silvio Berlusconi to power for the third time. But many in Italy say they are disillusioned by politicians.

The Italian Cultural Institute of New York Will Exhibit the Original Art Works that Graced Historic Sunday Magazine Covers Chronicling World History from 1899 to 1989

Highlights include The Kennedy Assassination, Man Sets Foot on the Moon, Wedding of Grace Kelly to HSH Prince Rainier of Monaco, The Italian Police Marching Down Fifth Avenue and Immigrants Entering Ellis Island
As Seen Through Italian Artists, Illustrators and Satirists

Italian police have arrested the leader of the Calabrian mafia, which has parlayed drug trafficking to become more powerful than the more famous Sicilian mob. Clan feuds of the powerful 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate have bloodied the southern Italian region for years. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome.

The Italian ambassador, His Excellency Giancarlo Aragona, visited the Departments of Italian and Politics in early February.

A man armed with a knife has barricaded himself into a children's day care centre in southern Italy.

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has dissolved parliament after efforts to form an interim government failed.

The Federation of Damanhur opens the door on its most precious realization, the Temples dedicated to Humanity: an extraordinary, underground construction in Vidracco, Italy, begun in 1978 and created entirely by hand. It has been declared a work of art by the Soprintendenza alle Belle Arti (Fine Art Authority).

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says he needs more time to decide the next step in resolving Italy's political crisis, following the resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi.