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Release of kidnapped Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena: killed a secret service agent

Rome, Italy - He was fired during a shoot-out with a US troop

Giuliana Sgrena, the reporter for Italian newspaper "Il Manifesto", has been released last Friday from her Iraqi captors but she was shot and wounded by US troops firing at the convoy which was carrying her to the airport. The Italian SISMI (the national secret service) agent Nicola Calipari has been killed during the gunfight. USA Administration said an investigation would be conducted and US President,...

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Rome, Italy, 03/07/2005 12:08
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