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AFP. Some 200 Italian doctors took to the streets of Rome on Tuesday to insist on their right to professional secrecy and refusal to betray suspected illegal immigrants to the authorities. "We Are Doctors, Not Spies," read many protesters' T-shirts at the rally, part of a national day of protest against a controversial bill that would require doctors to inform on patients they suspect of being in Italy illegally. (Read the article)

BBC. Italian police are hunting a pack of stray dogs which killed a boy aged 10 and mauled a 24-year-old woman in the Ragusa area of southern Sicily.They caught about 30 strays after the boy was dragged off his bicycle and killed on Sunday but about 20 dogs are believed still to be running wild (Read the article)

ANSA. A new treasure from Herculaneum was unveiled in Naples on Tuesday, where it will join a major exhibition exploring life in the Ancient Roman town buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. The show, running until April 13, already features over 150 artefacts and human remains uncovered over the last three centuries but the new relief, uncovered by accident last month, is stirring fresh interest. (Read the article)

ANSA. The relatives of Mafia members are increasingly in need of psychiatric help, according to a new study from the University of Palermo. ''Psychiatric problems are steadily rising among the families, a sign that the monolithic culture of Mafia society is crumbling,'' said the author of the study, Palermo University psychologist Girolamo Lo Verso, who has studied the increasing frailty of the Mafia mindset for years. (Read the article)