Italian Parliament President Gianfranco Fini (L) and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attend the state funeral of the six Italian soldiers who were killed in one of the deadliest suicide attacks targeting NATO troops in Afghanistan on September 17, in Saint Paul Outside the Walls basilica in Rome on September 21, 2009. Italy is the sixth biggest contributor to more than 100,000 NATO and US-led forces fighting in Afghanistan, deploying about 3,250 troops. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Italian Parliament President Gianfranco Fini (L) and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attend the state funeral of the six Italian soldiers who were killed in one of the deadliest suicide attacks targeting NATO troops in Afghanistan on September 17, in Saint Paul Outside the Walls basilica in Rome on September 21, 2009. Italy is the sixth biggest contributor to more than 100,000 NATO and US-led forces fighting in Afghanistan, deploying about 3,250 troops.

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  2. ROME - OCTOBER 7: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini on October 7, 2009 in Rome, Italy. Abbas is currently facing a wave of anger from Palestinians in Gaza who are accusing him of selling out on the national cause in favour of Israel, due to pressure from the U.S.
  3. Italian chairman of Fiat and Ferrari cars Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (R) and President of the Italian Parliament Gianfranco Fini attend a meeting to launch the think-tank Italia Futura on October 10, 2009 at Palazzo Colonna in Rome. Montezemolo is among some 20 entrepreneurs funding the new think-tank.
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  8. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
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  10. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
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  12. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) talks during a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome October 9, 2009. When Italy's Constitutional Court ruled this week that the prime minister was not above the law, invalidating a tailor-made statute granting him immunity from prosecution, Berlusconi's reaction was to attack its members, and President Giorgio Napolitano, as leftists biased against him.
  13. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) shakes hands with Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers in Riga October 8, 2009.
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