State funeral for Italian who died saving hostage

Hundreds of people packed a Rome church today to pay their last respects to an Italian intelligence officer shot and killed by American troops in Iraq while escorting a former hostage to freedom.

State funeral for Italian who died saving hostage

Hundreds of people packed a Rome church today to pay their last respects to an Italian intelligence officer shot and killed by American troops in Iraq while escorting a former hostage to freedom.

The state funeral of Nicola Calipari in the Santa Maria degli Angeli Church was attended by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and other top officials including US Ambassador Mel Sembler.

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