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Italy hosts the World Football Cup, but loses in the semi-final against Argentina at penalties.
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Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone, two Italian anti-Mafia magistrates, are assassinated by the mafia.
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Berlusconi was a media magnate & became Prime Minister for a rightist coalition.
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Romano Prodi becomes Prime Minister for the Olive Tree coalition, he was voted into power with a lot support & help of the communists.
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3 Italians died in the Cavalese cable car disaster, when a US EA-6B Prowler military jet hit the cables supporting the cable car. Pilots weren't found guilty by an American court.
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Italy gets involved in the Kosovo War (which was a NATO-led aerial operation against Milosevic’s Serbia to try to stop genocide from occuring in Kosovo) The premier is Massimo D’Alema, of the post-communist Partito Democratico della Sinistra.
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18th FIFA World Cup, Was held from June 9th to July 9th of 2006 in Germany. Italy won the tournament against France 5 to 3 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time finished in a 1 to 1 draw. Italy claimed their 4th World Cup title.
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Deployement the UNIFIL peace force after the 2006 Lebanon War & Italy's engagement is pivotal after
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Earthquake strikes L’Aquila, 307 people are killed, about 65,000 were left homeless.
