INTERIOR DESIGN. Saturday marks the 40-year anniversary of the Valentine portable typewriter. Designed by the Italian genius Ettore Sottsass and produced by Olivetti, it was presented to the world on Valentine’s Day, 1969. (Read the article by Larry Weinberg)

ANSA. Italian politicians reacted sharply Thursday after French first lady Carla Bruni noted that the Group of Eight president could lose its place on the world's anti-AIDS fund after cash was slashed from the budget. (Read the article)

BLOOMBERG. Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social-networking site, said that it is concerned about Italy’s proposed law to force Internet providers to block access to Web sites that incite or justify criminal behavior. (Read the article by Steve Scherer and Giovanni Salzano)

ANSA. Italy coach Nick Mallett has reshuffled his team for Sunday's visit by Ireland after last Saturday's 36-11 defeat at Twickenham. (Read the article)

ANSA. Paluzza, February 12 - An Italian woman at the centre of a right-to-die battle that split the country was buried in a family grave on Thursday after a short religious ceremony without her parents. (Read the article)

LOS ANGELES TIMES. Because Nutella isn't just junk food with a European pedigree. It can be an obsession, a habit, even a cult. If you think this is foodie hyperbole, you're just not among the initiated. (Read the article by Amy Scattergood)

Businessweek. Criminal charges against four Google executives over an allegedly offensive video posting raise troubling questions about the liabilities of Web companies. (Read the article by Mark Scott)

TIMES ON LINE. Yesterday Italy hit back, delivering a blow in the broccoli wars that was sure to turn British growers green with envy. Politicians lined up to extol the virtues of the Italian greens with extravagant claims that broccoli could help you to lose weight and improve your life. Its very existence, they claimed, was proof that Italy was the world’s undisputed culinary superpower. (Read the article by Richard Owen)

GREEN PLANET.NET. Within the framework of the “BioBenessere” three-year project, the Italian association of organic producers Pro.B.E.R. is to promote the “great week of organic products” by organizing or attending three important events in USA, Russia and Japan with the aim of valorising Italian organic and typical products outside European borders. (Read the article)

Javno.com. Last Friday, doctor Umberto Chillo, the head of a transplantation team at the university hospital in Padova, decided that little David Krusvar can leave the hospital. This is a sign that mother Damjana and father Denis can finally relax. (Leave the article)

NASHIVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL. A new Olive Garden expected to create 165 jobs in Spring Hill will open Monday. The 7,539-square-foot, Tuscan-farmhouse-inspired restaurant is located at The Crossings, 1098 Crossings Circle. It seats 247 and is expected to attract diners from Maury and Williamson counties. (Read the article)