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Alfa Romeo will get back on track. Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America/AFP Alfa Romeo will once more race in Formula 1, the Italian car maker aounced on Wednesday, after it agreed a sponsorship deal with Swiss team Sauber. The new Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team will make its debut in the 2018 season, the first time that the company has competed on an F1 track in more than 30 years. “Alfa Romeo fans will once again have the opportunity to support an automaker that is determined to begin writing an exciting new chapter in its unique, legendary sporting history,” said Sergio Marchioe, CEO of Alfa Romeo’s parent company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The part...

Please note: the dog on the picture is not Romeo. Photo: Filippo Monteforte / AFPA golden retriever called Romeo has been pulled from the rubble of Italy's earthquake, more than nine days after he was given up for dead. Touching footage filmed by the firemen who saved him shows the shaggy dog being lifted out from under a pile of masonry that is all that remains of his owners' house. Appearing completely relaxed, Romeo slurps his first drops of water in more than 230 hours from a bottle held by one of the firemen. As it becomes clear he is unscathed, the fireman holding him puts him down.Romeo then tiptoes gracefully down the pile of rubble to be reunited with tearful owners who had given up...