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...prosecutors wanted a speedy trial, and they got it. In seven hours, a three-judge panel in Genoa tried and convicted five Palestinian terrorists last week for illegally possessing arms and explosives in connection with the Oct. 7 seajacking of the Achille Lauro. The trial was a pre-emptive move to ensure the defendants' continued custody while Italian magistrates prepare for the more serious battle ahead: the trial of the five young Palestinians and eleven others, including alleged Mastermind Mohammed Abul Abbas Zaidan, who are charged with kidnaping and the murder of Passenger Leon Klinghoffer...
...Italian liner received prison sentences that ranged from four to eight years. Two days after the proceeding, it was learned that the youngest was only 17 years old and would have to be retried in a juvenile court. A fifth defendant, Mohammed Issa Abbas, who was arrested in Genoa carrying false passports before the ship set sail, received a $1,700 fine and a nine-year sentence for smuggling Kalashnikov automatic rifles and hand grenades into Italy. Abbas, 24, told the court that he is a cousin of Abul Abbas. GREECE An Anniversary Gets Ugly...
When it comes to wielding a pair of scissors?as tailors or barbers?Italians rank among the world's finest. And there's no more elegant setting for a haircut than Genoa's Barbieria Giacalone, a tiny, three-chair gem squeezed into the city's oldest quarter near St. Lorenzo cathedral. Its eponymous founder, Archimede Giacalone, established his 10-sq-m premises in 1882 to serve sailors traveling through the city's busy port...
...Italy, bought the building 13 years ago and now leases the business to Emanuele Giugno, a hairdresser whose patrons include former prime ministers Romano Prodi and Massimo D'Alema. He's an artist of the locks, but the real masterpiece is Italo's perfectly preserved interior. Vicolo Caprettari, Genoa; tel: (39-010) 256 791; www.fondoambiente.it
...Italy, bought the building 13 years ago and now leases the business to Emanuele Giugno, a hairdresser whose patrons include former prime ministers Romano Prodi and Massimo D'Alema. He's an artist of the locks, but the real masterpiece is Italo's perfectly preserved interior. Vicolo Caprettari, Genoa; tel: (39-010) 256 791; www.fondoambiente.it