Islamabad  - Rescue teams supported by Pakistan's army on Sunday lost the sight of two Italian climbers stranded five days ago some 7,000 metres up a Himalayan peak as the bad weather continued to hamper the rescue mission.

"When the weather was clear this morning the both climbers could not be spotted at the site where they were seen yesterday," said Mohammed Akram, vice president of Alpine Club of Pakistan. Later on bad weather reduced the visibility to almost zero.

Simon Kehrer and Walter Nones were climbing a new route on Nanga Parbat, altitude 8,126 metres, when rain and storms opened up many crevasses, blocking their way back to the base camp.

Islamabad - Rescue teams supported by Pakistan's army launched an operation Saturday to rescue two Italian climbers stranded four days ago some 7,000 metres up a Himalayan peak.

Munich - A Munich court has agreed to try an 89-year-old former German officer for the 1944 Falzano massacre in Italy, two years after an Italian court sentenced him in absentia to life in jail, co

Munich - A Munich court has agreed to try an 89-year-old former German officer for the 1944 Falzano massacre in Italy, two years after an Italian court sentenced him in absentia to life in jail, co

Milan, Italy  - Italian police were out in force Friday at a Milan stadium converted into a makeshift mosque by Muslims who were forced to abandon their previous place of worship, a downtown garage

Milan, Italy  - A Milan court threw out Thursday a request by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers for the removal of the presiding judge in a corruption trial against the premier.