BBC. Italy has been transformed in recent decades from a nation of emigrants to a target country for mass immigration. The change has brought severe political and social tensions. In the first of a series of pieces on Italy and its immigrants, Aidan Lewis looks at the impact on the Roma (Gypsy) community (Read the article)

LOS ANGELES TIMES. Adriano Galliani did not get where he is by failing to work the angles, and the bald, bushy-eyebrowed chief executive of AC Milan was at it again on Tuesday, pushing buttons in his continuing effort to keep Galaxy midfielder David Beckham at the Italian club. "We are working to keep him, and I think he would like that too," Galliani, 64, told Gazzetta dello Sport. (Read the article)

FOX News. AP.  LONDON. The walkout was triggered by the decision of Italian construction company IREM SpA to use Italian and Portuguese workers for a huge construction project at the Total refinery in Immingham. Hundreds of workers have been off the job for a week at the site, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of London, and workers at other energy facilities across Britain have staged sympathy walkouts. (Read the article by Jill Lawless)

REUTERS. The father of an Italian woman who has been in a coma for 17 years defied the Vatican and Italy's center-right government Tuesday, moving her to a private clinic where a feeding tube keeping her alive will be removed. Eluana Englaro, 38, has been in a vegetative state since a 1992 car crash. Italy's top court ruled last year that she can be allowed to die but the decision was contested by politicians and prelates and split public opinion in this Catholic country. (Read the article by Silvia Aloisi)

Hybridcars. If the proposed alliance between Chrysler and Fiat goes through, the company could produce a total of six new models—ranging in size from from small to smaller. The terms of the deal would give the European carmaker a 35 percent stake in Chrysler. In exchange, Fiat's small car experience could give Chrysler the opportunity to reduce its dependence on larger vehicles. (Read the article)

E on Line. An Italian woman filed a lawsuit on Friday claiming the 13-time Oscar-nominated film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is based on a short story she wrote in 1994 called "Il ritorno di Arthur all'innocenza" ("Arthur's Return to Innocence"). (Read the article by Jovie Baclayon)

New York Times. “The reviews were so bad it was almost good,” said Robert De Niro, one of the hotel’s owners. Mr. De Niro decided the restaurant should remain Italian, but be more informal and inviting. “Like in Italy, where you have chairs and tables outside,” he said. “I want it to be a place where you hang out.” (Read the article by Oliver Schawaner-Albright)

JTA. talian Jewish leaders expressed solidarity with a homeless Indian immigrant who was beaten and set on fire near Rome. "When we [Jews] are the object of hostile acts, we receive support from all sides, and we want to do the same in this case," said Rome's Jewish community president, Riccardo Pacifici. (Read the article)

The Inquirer. Beppe Grillo, an Italian comic ,has topped a list of web-personalities even though many people never heard of him. (Read the article by Nick Farrell)

UPI.com. Four men who assassinated a prominent Italian politician have received life sentences in the southern region of Calabria.