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...plight of the indicted masses? Not likely. Suffice it to say that the conservative media baron-turned-politician empathizes with the accused. The two-and-a-half-year-long trial against Berlusconi and his associates for allegedly bribing Rome judges in the mid-'80s returned to a Milan courtroom last Saturday. As usual, the defendant was not physically present. That doesn't mean he wasn't busy on the case. The Prime Minister had a two-hour meeting on Thursday with Gaetano Pecorella, a lawyer and legislator who divides his time between defending Berlusconi in the Milan case and chairing...
...years ago, Lauren signed Spanish actress Penelope Cruz to be the worldwide face of the all-American brand, and in March he took the dramatic step of moving his men's fashion show from New York City to Milan. That show, for fall clothing, and the one for spring 2003 that followed last month, were well received by the local press. WITH RALPH LAUREN MAN IS ELEGANT AGAIN, gushed a headline in the Milan daily Corriere della Sera. The international press played up the competition between Lauren and the European king of menswear, Giorgio Armani. Again a compliment: no such...
...that the world cup is fading into memory, Europe's football fans are tuning in to the sport's new season. But not if they are Italian. Supporters of the likes of Juventus, AC Milan and Roma will have to wait a while longer to see their clubs kick a ball in anger. Their season, which should have started on Aug. 31, will not kick off until Sept. 15 because the clubs and television companies have failed to agree to new deals. The delay was inevitable after state broadcaster Radio-televisione Italiana (RAI) offered the Serie A and B teams...
...together an incredible range of historical and literary material, including Chinese myths, Singaporean folktales, the Cultural Revolution, Catholic theology and French existentialism. In this intellectually challenging tapestry are allusions to Borges meshed with Chinese opera, and characters who ride on tiger-shaped clouds mixed up with scholars who discuss Milan Kundera. If the new Asia defines itself by a creative fusion of Eastern and Western influences, then readers may find in Playing Madame Mao the definitive new Asian literary novel...
...much killing and maiming, traffic congestion adds many millions more euros in wasted fuel consumption, with its accompanying pollution. Earlier this year, in the Italian industrial region of Lombardy, air-particle counts five times the alert level were being recorded. That meant Italians in many cities, including Milan, were restricted to driving on alternate days, based on whether they have odd or even registration-plate numbers...