1.   They arrived at Gatwick airport on board a plane chartered by the Italian government.

2.   Direct talks with the Renamo in Rome in July and in August were also attended by representatives of the Mozambican Catholic Church, the Vatican and the Italian government.

3.   Townspeople donated food and clothing while the Italian government was criticized by opposition parties for its inaction.

4.   An Italian government proposal to establish a central register of suspicious operations failed to gain parliamentary approval.

5.   Official UN reports supported Italian government findings that the plane was brought down by a missile, but responsibility could not be attributed.

6.   For its part the Italian government agreed to convene within one month a conference of aid donors to assemble a comprehensive assistance package for Mozambique.

7.   Last year Professor Brown was called in by the Italian government shortly after Mount Etna erupted.

8.   Although the bioengineered food was approved in other parts of Europe, the Italian government in August cited possible health risks as the reason for the ban.

9.   Another apparent snag in the negotiations was whether the Italian government had officially agreed to receive the militants.

10.   Antonio Maccanico, a former Italian government official and business executive, said he has accepted the offer of President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government.