Buying an iphone in america and use it in europe?

im an italian exchange student and i'll come back in italy in july..
my phone is gonna die, and i would like to buy an iphone to use with my at&t gophone sim card for these months left, and then use it with my italian sim card, but i know its hard to buy one with no contract and it needs to be unlocked to be used in europe...does anyone know if i can buy one on internet that will work??

There is only TWO countries that sell Totally unlocked iPhones as they have laws on business practices
Australia & Italy !
If you had looked at Apple's official information on this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937 (already posted in this thread) you would've quickly seen that the iPhone is sold unlocked in the following countries:
Belgium
Czech Republic
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg
Russia
Turkey
China
Hong Kong
Macau
Malaysia
New Zealand
Brazil
Ecuador
Quatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
South Africa
Uganda
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand

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