By Gavin Jones and Roberto Landucci ROME (Reuters) – Two Italian police officers were shot and wounded on Sunday outside the prime minister's office in Rome just as new premier Enrico Letta's government was being sworn in just a kilometer (mile) away. It was not clear whether the attack by a man police said was unemployed was linked to the launch of the new government at a time of deep political divisions and social tensions exacerbated by a long slump in the euro zone's third largest economy. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/italian-government-under-enrico-letta-sworn-094720376.html

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