Former Italian P.M. ordered to work at nursing home over tax fraud.
Incidents underline scale of illegal migration into southern Europe.
Francesco Schettino returned to the ship for first time as part of trial.
Dozens arrested in joint operation that exposed alleged drug trafficking.
More than 1,000 found in boats off Lampedusa.
Deliberations have begun in the retrial of the murder case.
Vatican confronted publicly for first time on the sexual abuse of children.
Pope Francis has issued his strongest condemnation yet of abortion, calling it a "horrific" symptom of a "throwaway culture" that placed too little value on human life.
Fire swept through an illegal, makeshift dormitory in Tuscany.
Pope Francis says he wants missionary, merciful church for poor.
