31.  Italian officials left without comment.

32.  Italian officials say that the anti-aircraft batteries they set up in Genoa were primarily designed to deter an attack from a small plane.

33.  Italian officials say that they give Italian maps to NATO officials but that they are poorly distributed.

34.  Last month, Zaher Shah postponed his return when Italian officials warned of a conspiracy to kill him.

35.  Majority voting was one of the four main issues where the communique papered over outstanding differences, a senior Italian official said.

36.  Neither U.S. nor Italian officials provided details about the threat.

37.  Not surprisingly, Italian officials were quick to criticize Germany after Waigel disclosed his gold revaluation plan two weeks ago.

38.  On Sunday, she will hold talks with Italian officials in Rome.

39.  Some Italian officials scoffed at the idea of housing potential terrorists in a monastery.