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...Still, as a frail John Paul celebrated the 25th anniversary of his papacy last week, a quiet campaign for the post is well under way, and an early - and active - front-runner is the Archbishop of Milan, Dionigi Tettamanzi. His transfer a year ago from the helm of the Genoa Archdiocese to the world's largest one, in Milan, was akin to winning a party nomination. "He's a natural candidate," says longtime Vatican watcher Luigi Accattoli of Italy's leading daily Corriere della Sera. Tettamanzi, 69, stands out in the pack because he is favored by the Italian Cardinals...
...voluntarily give up their privileges and completely change their way of life, giving real freedom to women and minorities? Freedom for all is inconceivable to the Saudi rulers, who have absolute power and believe they always will. They do not care about the misery of common people. Marina Mascetti Genoa...
...Americans should understand why our food is so region-specific. Parmesan cheese owes its unique taste to conditions found only around Parma, Italy, and to the grass that is eaten by local cows. Americans will never be able to make real Parmesan cheese. PAOLO PASQUALE Genoa, Italy...
...topic for French President Jacques Chirac. As the host of this year's G-8, he invited leaders from the developing world to attend part of the summit, emphasizing his multipolar vision of the world. It was Chirac, two years ago at the violence-marred G-8 meeting in Genoa, who was among the most forceful instigators of the Global Fund to Fight aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. For months he has been saying that a key objective of the Evian summit would be "to halt the spread of the major pandemics and especially of aids." Then along came George...
...seafaring Phoenician trading empire, prosperity and power shifted toward the Mediterranean Sea. At different times, this led to the emergence of Alexandria, Athens, Carthage, Constantinople, Rome and Tyre. And in the 15th century, it culminated in the first centers of capitalism: the Italian trading cities of Florence, Genoa, Pisa and Venice. Eventually, those cities were also overtaken by other, often more fortuitously situated and therefore more prosperous burgs...