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Victor Spinetti, who was an established British film star in 1963 when he agreed to make a movie with a pop group called the Beatles and who became famous ever after as the only person besides the four Beatles to appear in all of their movies —"A Hard Day's Night,"" A Help!" and “Magical Mystery Tour” — died on Tuesday in London. He was 82.

Defender Giorgio Chiellini will miss Italy’s European soccer championship quarterfinal against England with a left thigh injury.Chiellini left Italy’s 2-0 win over Ireland in the second half two days ago because of the injury. The center-back, who’s played 53 times for Italy, underwent a scan which showed a strain, according to team doctor Enrico Castellaci.

(Reuters) - Italy risks being pulled back to the heart of the euro zone debt crisis as the fallout from a Spanish bank bailout makes market access more expensive even though Italian economic fundamentals are seen as stronger than Spain's.

ROME—Leave it to Italians to come up with just the thing to survive the dog days of summer: canine gelato.This Italian ice cream for dogs contains no milk, eggs or sugar, which are harmful to canines. With temperatures in Rome topping 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit) this week, dogs are lapping up the icy treat at a pet supply store on the outskirts of the capital.