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Seven hours of delay for plane of Italian Senate's speaker Pera

Nassirya, Iraq - There was a complication for his Christmas dinner with Italian troops at Nassirya

Italian Senate’s speaker Marcello Pera flew to Nassirya last December 24 to pass the Christmas Eve together with Italian soldiers of "Antica Babilonia" mission in Iraq. But the military plane that was due to carry him from Kuwait City to Nassirya remained grounded due to a mechanical failure. So Pera lost the Christmas mass celebrated in Camp Mittica and arrived in time for dinner only. The Senate’s spe...

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Rome, Italy, 12/27/2005 17:03
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