What we're watching: Discovery HD Atlas continues, this time taking an in depth look at the history of Italy.

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The history of the very few "grand coalition" experiments in Italy since World War II does not inspire hope for long-term success.

BBC: Optimism greets Italy's grand coalition

It is the third time in the Super Cup's 22-year history that the match will be contested outside of Italy.

BBC: Eto'o eyes Inter debut

This month, in Nature Genetics, Lluis Quintana-Murci, of the University of Pavia, in Italy, and his colleagues propose a new version of the history of the most important of these migrations the movement of people out of Africa.

ECONOMIST: Out of Africa, always something new

In 1966, the worst floods in Italy's history affected a third of the country.

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But when investors demand a certain level of payment for the risks of lending to a country like Italy, history shows it is incredibly difficult to persuade them to accept a lower rate of interest.

BBC: Italy on the brink

But the notion that Italy, which has a 20-year history of underperformance, will miss the full impact of the recession is fanciful.

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