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A gang of three criminals targeted gays for druggings and robbery in Rome during a summer crime wave, authorities say.

They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast.

Rome and Paris lead hotel price comparison site HotelsCombined.com’s 2010 top ten international destinations for US travelers. The reasons: value and price, the site says. Read more...

Anyone who goes to Rome comes back with something, whether it’s the latest Gucci python clutch, a tiny plastic Coliseum, or a long-locked boyfriend named Marco. On my latest trip to the eternal city I came back with just one thing - a conviction - that in Rome it’s worth forking over the dough for a really sweet hotel room. My savior? The Hotel Bernini Bristol.

A pair of bombs were hurled at a gay bar in Rome on Sept. 1, capping a series of violent actions taken against GLBTs in Rome’s capital city.