ROME Giulio Andreotti, a seven-time prime minister who over six decades helped guide Italy out of the wreckage of World War II and into a period of economic prosperity, died Monday.

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Cassano was in in Roberto Donadoni's Euro 2008 squad but ever since Lippi returned to guide the national team, the forward has not featured for Italy.

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In December Italy's competition watchdog fined Auditel, which compiles the ratings which guide ad spending, for practices which may give an unfair advantage to Mediaset and RAI.

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