11.  An Italian humanitarian group chartered a private Jordanian plane Thursday to fly a girl out of Iraq for treatment of kidney failure and a urinary tract infection.

12.  An Italian humanitarian group, the Committee for Medical Cooperation, had said Wednesday that Meo was detained along with a Sudanese colleague, Hashim Ziada.

13.  Earlier, shareholders Assurances Generales De France and Someal, a unit of Italian group Ifil, launched a counter-offer for the company.

14.  ETI is a part of the Italian group Stet.

15.  If successful, Daewoo would beat out bids from Italian industrial group Fiat Spa, GEC-Alsthom and Siemens AG.

16.  Italian chemical group EniChem and the U.S. company Union Carbide on Thursday finalized a joint venture for the production of polyethylene.

17.  Meo worked with an Italian humanitarian group, the Committee for Medical Cooperation.

18.  Meo had been working with the Italian humanitarian group Committee for Medical Cooperation.

19.  Olivetti, the troubled Italian group, will sell its ailing personal computer division to try to make a turnaround, its new chief executive announced Thursday.

20.  On Friday, a spokesman for the Italian group denied interfering in Mexican affairs.