The funeral service of an Italian soldier killed in Iraq earlier this week took place in Rome with a message from Pope Benedict XVI read to the congregation. Corporal Alessandro Pibiri died and four other soldiers were wounded when their vehicle was hit Monday by a roadside bomb about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the Italian base at Nassiriyah in southern Iraq. He was the 31st member of the Italian contingent in Iraq to lose his life. Full Story
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