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...spirits at Sunday's traditional Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square. Less than 24 hours later, papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls released a statement canceling all of John Paul's appointments for Monday because of what was described as a mild case of the flu. The plugged-in Italian press corps took a light approach to the story by noting that the 84-year-old Pope had caught the same flu bug that had already bitten half of Rome. Tuesday morning another statement cleared the Pope's calendar for the next two days, but confirmed that there was nothing...
...some Zen sensations of his own when he made the jump into couture. Is his move a lark? An ego thing? A way to boost the eventual sale price of his business, one of the largest independent fashion companies in the world? No one knows for sure. But the Italian is a pragmatist who has launched high-end-apparel, jeans and home lines by interpreting his distinctive aesthetic at a variety of price levels. "Couture has followed a path that is overly theatrical and too much about a big show," he explained on the eve of his debut. "There...
Some couture lovers hope that Armani's first outing will prompt other Italian designers, such as Dolce & Gabbana, to attempt handcrafted lines too, bringing with them the excitement of new names. But Armani says he's not interested in being couture's knight in shining armor. "I am not the savior of anyone," he says. "No one in France needs me as a savior...
...Moroccan and three Tunisian defendants planned to attack civilians, Forleo ruled that their actions hadn't "exceeded guerrilla activity" - even though she conceded that the men had signed up militants to go to Iraq. They were convicted of immigration offenses. The terror judgment sparked "rage and disbelief" from Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini, who termed the verdict "a shameless distortion of reality before the eyes of the entire world." Prosecutors plan to appeal the decision. Since existing rules don't always allow officials to prevent local radicals from getting to Iraq - or causing mayhem in Europe - the British government wants...
...Somalia, even the dead don't rest in peace. Masked gunmen, allegedly in league with the powerful Islamic courts in Mogadishu, the capital, recently laid waste to an Italian colonial cemetery. After breaking open the tombs and pulling up the coffins, they dumped the human remains near the city's decrepit airport. The Militiamen now in control of the cemetery have begun to build a mosque there. The first to discover the desecration was a group of children who picked up bones and skulls and took them away as toys. Such horrors are all too common in Somalia...