Prime Minister Prodi's yawn momentarily threatened

to inhale Italy's lower house of parliament.

The Prime Minister of Israel swings

both ways.

Prime Minister Prodi was delighted to see that 
President Chirac had never heard the old joke
 about the secret ingredient Emperor Heliogabalus 
added to the Caesar Salad.

France's Jacques Chirac and Italy's Romano Prodi have

developed a communication technique whereby both

speak simultaneously, neither listens to the other, yet they

agree 99% of the time. It has something to do with Latin.

Yesterday, Italy's new president displayed his skill with

hand shadows by making a very realistic Peter Rabbit.

Romano Prodi Lights Champagne Torch

to Celebrate Italian Election Victory

In last night's American-style

presidential debate in Italy,

Silvio Berlusconi used a clever

stratagem to keep his opponent,

Romano Prodi, in the dark.