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...designers such as Armani and Tisci make their mark on the Paris couture scene, some old masters have been reasserting their influence. Over dinner in his château outside Paris, Valentino confirmed that he and his business partner, Giancarlo Giametti, had renewed their contracts with their owners - the Italian textile group Marzotto - after rumors last season that the Roman couturier would soon retire. Last week, Valentino showed no sign of quitting anytime soon, as he showed an ever-rich collection of velvet suits beaded in jet, topaz and crystal, and point d'esprit gowns in solemn black or graphic...
...Italian label Marni will introduce a line of men's sneakers next spring to be sold at Marni stores. The look: worn-in bohemian...
...September 2004 a plot to blow up the Italian embassy in Beirut, above, was foiled when Lebanese authorities arrested 10 people, including al-Qaeda operative Ismail Mohammed al-Khatib. Al-Khatib died of a heart attack in custody...
...Iraq, where insurgents and terrorists such as al-Zarqawi are known to have stockpiles of weapons and explosives. A U.S. intelligence official tells TIME that investigators are "trying to see if there's any link in the forensics" between Iraqi explosives and the London bombs. In fact, an Italian intelligence source told TIME that British intelligence is looking into an al-Zarqawi connection. "Al-Zarqawi is a potential source since there's an unlimited amount of explosives and munitions in Iraq that he controls," says a second U.S. official. "So it's just a matter of getting...
Ellison, who has made a name for himself equally as software doyen and flamboyant aficionado of Italian suits, is the subject of a biography called “The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison.” (The answer, according to its author, Mike Wilson: “God doesn’t think he’s Larry Ellison...