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...ancient Rome, plenty of public kissing went on in the shadow of the Coliseum, where lips smacked on hands, cheeks, rings and even feet, as simple greetings or formal signs of submission. The place is still a notable showcase of public affection, but one specific act of passion played out near the ancient monument has added fire to a very modern debate...
...Tuesday a Rome court ordered a trial for two men arrested in July 2007 outside the Coliseum. Michele F., 36, and Roberto L., 28, contend they were caught sharing a passionate kiss; the arresting officers from the carabinieri say they were engaging in oral sex. Defense lawyers have asked for the charges of lewd public acts to be dropped, having sought in vain to get access to footage from nearby security cameras that they say would show the kiss was just a kiss...
...court's decision comes as Rome's gay community says it faces increased discrimination from public officials and heightened violence from local homophobic thugs. Earlier this month, two 28-year-old men who'd been holding hands were beaten by a gang shouting "Faggots Get Out of Italy." This and other attacks, including a fire in February set at the "Coming Out" gay club, have occurred in the neighborhood near the Coliseum. The road in front of the ancient monument, via San Giovanni in Laterano, has been dubbed Gay Street for the prevalence of gay clubs and bars situated there...
...Bocconi University, says liquidation may now be the only option remaining. Polo doesn't see the logic in trying to keep the airline afloat just to maintain its Italian identity, and he expects that Italy's No. 2 airline, AirOne, and foreign carriers will almost certainly fill the profitable Rome-Milan route, while low-cost carriers will jump on other Italian destinations. "The market will do its job," he says. "This kind of evolution would bring more competition." A significant number of laid-off Alitalia employees would eventually be rehired by other airlines, he says...
...episodes, especially in Italy, home to some 150,000 Roma, one of the highest populations in Europe, have reminded Europeans of a problem many would rather forget. Last spring, local residents angry over crimes they blamed on Roma, burned down Roma camps on the outskirts of both Naples and Rome. Then, in July, a newspaper photographer caught Italian sunbathers relaxing on a beach near the corpses of two teen-aged Roma girls who'd drowned...