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...Senior italian official...
...September 2002, 15 Pakistanis were arrested off the southern coast in a rusting cargo ship, charged with international terrorism and held in a local jail for more than nine months - before being released. In a notorious case last fall, an imam from Senegal who lived near Turin with his Italian wife and children was expelled as a "threat to state security" after he made a series of fundamentalist diatribes for the TV cameras. A senior Italian antiterror official admits that increased powers have been abused. "We cannot be indiscriminate, which would be a great victory for the terrorists...
...attempt to revive talks about increasing cooperation and transparency. Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti challenged his G-7 partners over the weekend to follow suit on his country's draft plan to crack down on tax havens. At a meeting of G-7 Finance Ministers in Florida, Tremonti unveiled details of the proposal - part of a broader regulatory reform to respond to the Parmalat scandal - that requires Italian companies to be far more transparent about offshore holdings, including the way they are accounted for (or not) on the books. In the U.S., John Kerry, the front runner in the race...
...that doesn't mean all dumplings all the time. Inspired by the Italian Slow Food movement, the chefs emphasize flavor, quality and authentic technique. In hugely popular books such as Dialogues of the Tongue and Palate, TV shows and newspaper columns, they aim to reclaim such age-old specialities as golonka (succulent pigs' knuckles stewed in beer) and pierogi (small pastry envelopes filled with meat, cabbage and mushrooms). For a taste of the traditional, try Polska Tradycja - tel: (48 22) 840 09 50 - in downtown Warsaw...
When not on-stage, however, Frias found courses at the University of Bologna easier and less intense than those at Harvard. Altogether, she was impressed by the open-mindedness of Italian culture...