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On the same day that the “hacktivist” group WikiLeaks posted tens of thousands of classified State Department communications online, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a top deputy to send now-classified information to her personal email address, newly released emails reveal.“Here’s my personal email,” Clinton told former Sen. George Mitchell, then Clinton’s special envoy for Middle East peace. “Pls use this for reply.”Mitchell responded with details of discussions with Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini. Most of the contents of the email, released by the State Department on Monday night, are redacted pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act exemption designed...

The justice minister of the European Union, Franco Frattini, announced this week at the EU parliament in Strasburg that member states which do not eliminate all forms of discrimination against homosexuals, including the refusal to approve “marriage” and unions between same-sex couples, would be subject to sanctions and eventual expulsion from the EU. According to a report by the Archdioceses of Madrid’s news service Analisis Digital, the commissioner’s statements came as the governments of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland ruled against legalizing homosexual “marriage.” “Homophobia is a violation of human rights and we are watching member states on this issue...

The European Commission criticises a daily newspaper's Mohammed cartoons for opening the door to hate and radicalisation After months of silently observing, the leadership of the European Commission has weighed in on the Danish debate over daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten's decision to publish caricatures of Muslim prophet Mohammed. The Commission's vice-chairman, Franco Frattini, called the newspaper's decision to publish the twelve cartoons as 'thoughtless and inappropriate' in a time when animosity towards Islam is on the rise. 'Honestly, these kinds of drawings can add to the growing Islamophobia in Europe,' Frattini said. 'I fully respect the freedom of speech, but, excuse...

Nov. 26, 2003 Italy to host Palestinian fundraising conference By ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME Italy will host an international donors conference for the Palestinians in mid-December, most likely Dec. 15-16, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Wednesday. Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath and Finance Minister Salam Fayad are expected to represent the Palestinian Authority, presenting the 2004 budget to donors at the Rome meeting, said the Palestinian envoy to Italy, Nimer Hammad. Israel will probably send a delegation, but it's not clear yet at what level, a diplomatic official said in Rome. Italy has requested ministerial-level delegations. The conference had been initially...