Italy’s national soccer captain Fabio Cannavaro (L), Italian Sport Minister Giovanna Melandri (C) and Prime Minister Romano Prodi hold the World Cup trophy at Chigi Palace in Rome July 10, 2006. (MORE PHOTOS->
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Italian player Fabio Cannavaro holds up the World Cup trophy as the Italian football team arrived at Pratica di Mare airport, 35km south of Rome, a day after Italy won the 2006 World Cup in Germany against France. Romans lost themselves in festive frenzy as the Italian capital threw a massive welcoming embrace around the World Cup and the men who wrenched it so dramatically from the festival of the world’s top footballing nations in Germany.
From left, Italian national soccer team players Massimo Oddo, Simone Barone, Gianluigi Buffon, Filippo Inzaghi and Fabio Grosso celebrate from the open-top double-decker bus on their way to the ancient Circus Maximus for a welcome home rally, in Rome, Monday, July 10, 2006. Italy won 5-3 over France in a penalty shootout during the final of the World Cup Germany 2006 in Berlin on Sunday.
A soccer fan holds a mock funeral notice for France while celebrating Italy’s World Cup 2006 triumph outside the Colosseum in Rome July 9, 2006.
Italian Airforce acrobatic squadron fly over the airplane carrying the Italian national soccer team, displaying the colors of the Italian flag, green, white and red, at Rome’s Pratica di Mare military airport, in Rome, Monday, July 10, 2006. Italy won 5-3 over France in a penalty shootout during the final of the World Cup Germany 2006 in Berlin on Sunday. On the side of the airplane the figures of the Italian soccer team players are seen.
Italian Airforce acrobatic squadron fly over the airplane carrying the Italian national soccer team, displaying the colors of the Italian flag, green, white and red, at Rome’s Pratica di Mare military airport, in Rome, Monday, July 10, 2006. Italy won 5-3 over France in a penalty shootout during the final of the World Cup Germany 2006 in Berlin on Sunday.
Italian air force planes trail smoke in the colours of the country’s flag as Italy’s national soccer team arrives after the World Cup 2006 at the Pratica di Mare air force base near Rome July 10, 2006.
Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano (L) shows a soccer jersey to French and German leaders before the World Cup 2006 final match in Berlin July 9, 2006. (From 2nd L-R) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Jacques Chirac and his wife Bernadette and FIFA President Sepp Blatter pose with Napolitano. Picture taken July 9, 2006.
The French football team pose with President Jacques Chirac (3rd L front row) at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Chirac has hailed inspirational captain Zinedine Zidane despite his dismissal for headbutting in the World Cup final loss to Italy, as the French team returned home in no mood to party.
Captain Zinedine Zidane (L) and other members of France’s national soccer team appear before supporters on the balcony of the Crillon Hotel, overlooking Place de la Concorde, where crowds gathered during their World Cup 2006 homecoming in Paris, July 10, 2006.
France’s President Jacques Chirac and first lady Bernadette Chirac pose with members of the France national World Cup 2006 soccer team at the Elysee Palace in Paris July 10, 2006.
A reveller gets tossed by a wild cow after the second running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 8, 2006.
Mary Whipple, Caroline Lind, Rachel Jeffers, Caryn Davies, Nicole Sylvester, Anna Goodale, Lindsay Shoop, Erin Cafaro and Portia Johnson of USA, from left, rowing on second place at the Womens Eight Final A race at Rowing Worldcup on Lake Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday July 9, 2006.
The Christian Radich from Norway, foreground, passes near the British ship Stavros S. Niarchos at the start of the Tall Ships race in Torbay, southwestern England Monday July 10, 2006. The spectacular international fleet start in Torbay for their voyage to Lisbon in Portugal. About 80 vessels from about 20 countries, manned by hundreds of trainees from 30 countries, are crewing the vessels.
Conjoined twin sisters lie in a bed at a hospital in Shanghai Saturday June 1, 2006 before they were separated in a complex surgery. The weaker of the 10-month-old conjoined twin girls who were separated last week died Monday July 10, 2006. Hu Jingxuan’s condition deteriorated over the weekend and she died Monday afternoon, while her sister Chen Jingni was in stable condition, said an official in the Fudan University Children’s Hospital administration office.
The sun rises over the United States Capitol on the Mall in Washington, DC. The Senate this week takes the first step in changing US law to allow foreign-born terror suspects to be tried by US military tribunal. Lawmakers are writing new law in response to a Supreme Court ruling last month blocking President George W. Bush’s administration from prosecuting dozens of "war on terror" inmates held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The White House as seen from a view over the South Lawn. The White House downplayed the possibility that permanent UN Security Council members Russia and China could abstain from voting on a UN resolution calling for sanctions on North Korea.
An animal rights activist looks on as Spanish police officer in full riot gear passes during a demonstration where participants wore just underwear or even less, to protest the running of the bulls, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 5, 2006. A protest run proceeded along part of the route that will see thrillseekers dash ahead of a pack of six fighting bulls and six meek steers starting Friday for eight days.
Animal rights activists hold up banners before a sprint, with runners wearing just underwear or even less, to protest the running of the bulls, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 5, 2006. The run proceeded along part of the route that will see thrillseekers dash ahead of a pack of six fighting bulls and six meek steers starting Friday for eight days. Banner at left reads: Put yourself in the bull’s skin!’
An animal rights activist stretches before a sprint, with runners wearing just underwear or even less, to protest the running of the bulls, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 5, 2006. The run proceeded along part of the route that will see thrillseekers dash ahead of a pack of six fighting bulls and six meek steers starting Friday for eight days.
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists shout slogans against Spanish bullfights during a protest in Las Ramblas in central Barcelona July 2, 2006. The ‘Running of the Nudes’ demonstration will be held in Pamplona on July 5 during the ‘Running of the Bulls’ at the San Fermin festival.
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists protest against Spanish bullfights in Las Ramblas in central Barcelona July 2, 2006. The ‘Running of the Nudes’ demonstration will be held in Pamplona on July 5 during the ‘Running of the Bulls’ at the San Fermin festival.
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists shout slogans against Spanish bullfights during a protest in Las Ramblas in central Barcelona July 2, 2006. The ‘Running of the Nudes’ demonstration will be held in Pamplona on July 5 during the ‘Running of the Bulls’ at the San Fermin festival.
Activists protest against bullfighting, in front of Spain’s embassy in Santiago June 22, 2006. Anti-bullfight protesters are demanding the abolition of this tradition. The sign reads ‘Put on the bull’s skin’
The Italian national soccer team players wave flags and celebrate above the open-top double-decker bus drving past the monument of the Unknown Soldier on their way to the ancient Circus Maximus for a welcome home rally, in Rome, Monday, July 10, 2006. Italy won 5-3 over France in a penalty shootout during the final of the World Cup Germany 2006 in Berlin on Sunday.
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