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From Italy-News.com

ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH TUNISIAN PRESIDENT
Premier Silvio Berlusconi met with Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali last Wednesday. Italy¹s prime minister said he had come to "illustrate the friendship that Italy holds for the Tunisian people." He added that he hoped to give a fresh impulse to existing business relations between the two countries, singling out tourism. The two leaders discussed new developments in the fight against terrorism, and the Middle East crisis.
They agreed that the United States, Russia and Europe should push the peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians forward, including a Marhall Plan for Palestinians.

ITALIAN NAVY EMBARKS ON MISSION SUNDAY
Four warships of the Italian Navy will get underway at six o'clock in the evening next Sunday, from the port of Taranto in Italy's south. The squadron will join the forces of the "Enduring Freedom" mission. The aircraft carrier "Garibaldi" is the fleet's flagship, which carries eight fighter jets that can take off vertically, of the AV8B Plus-type. The flotilla also includes the missile launching antisubmarine frigate "Zeffiro," the patrol vessel "Avier" and the supply ship "Etna."

RADICALS SEEK WOMAN AS POST-TALIBAN LEADER
Radical party leader Emma Bonino proposed that the new government in Afghanistan be led by a woman. Italy's former delegate to the European Union said she was contacting members of the European parliament as well as the individual governments of the European Union to have her proposal included in the Union's formal position.

NANNI MORETTI'S CANNES WINNER ELECTED OSCAR CANDIDATE
The jury of Italy's highest cinema award, the "David di Donatello," selected Nanni Moretti's "The Son's Room" as Italy's official entry for the Oscars in the category of best foreign film. On February 12, 2002, the American Academy of Motion Pictures will announce the five foreign film Oscar nominations, culled from 50 foreign entries. Mr. Moretti, who, with his latest creation garnered the Cannes Film Festival's highest honor, the Palme d'Or, commented "this is just a small step. It is difficult to say what Americans would like about this film."

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