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AP. Appearing in court Saturday on Valentine's Day, Amanda sported a bright T-shirt with "All You Need Is Love" scrawled across the front in large pink letters. (Read the article by Alessandra Rizzo)
BBC. Criminals in Italy are increasingly making phone calls over the internet in order to avoid getting caught through mobile phone intercepts, police say. (Read the article by David Willey)
New York Times. For years, executives of Saks Fifth Avenue have been wooing one of the world’s most exclusive men’s wear lines. They made trips to Italy, where Kiton apparel is carefully sewn by hand and doled out to retailers in modest quantities... (Read the article by Stephanie Rosenbloom)
New York Times. Thanks largely to the efforts of the Metropolitan Opera, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are seeing live opera performances in movie theaters, and many others in repeat showings. A dozen other important opera companies are now sending out broadcasts of their own. (Read the article by Daniel J. Wakin)
LOS ANGELES TIMES. Robert Saviano wrote about the Neapolitan organized crime syndicate the Camorra. He now lives on the run, because it wants to quiet him. (Read the article by Scott Timberg)
NEW YORK MAGAZINE. Interview with Matteo Garrone. The Jolly young Italian director of the relentlessly bleak gangster movie Gomorrah (which opens tonight), isn’t going to win any Oscars on February 22... (Read the article by Carl Swanson)
New York Times. There are no colorful characters in “Gomorrah,” Matteo Garrone’s corrosive and ferociously unsentimental fictional look at Italian organized crime; no white-haired mamas lovingly stirring the spaghetti sauce; no opera arias swelling on the soundtrack; no homilies about family, honor or tradition; no dark jokes; no catchy pop songs; no film allusions; no winking fun; no thrilling violence. (Read the article by Manohla Dargis)
US. NEWS. The top diplomatic adviser to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met this morning with U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones at the White House, where he was expected to offer Italy's support on the difficult tangle of issues dividing Washington from Moscow. (Read the article by Thomas Omestad)
NETWORKWORLD. A Google spokesman Friday warned that a proposed new law that would force Italian Internet providers to block access to Web sites that incite or justify criminal behavior could threaten freedom of expression and prove unworkable in practice. (Read the article by Philip Willan)
ANSA. Gay and lesbian couples in Italy will be puckering up at traffic lights Saturday in one of many initiatives as the country celebrates St Valentine's Day. Gay rights group Arcigay has called on same-sex couples to kiss while waiting for the lights to change in a bid to ''give visibility to all kinds of love''. (Read the article)