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Kaka to miss city derby against Inter Milan

Kaka to miss city derby against Inter Milan Rome  - AC Milan star Ka

Negotiations for Beckham move to AC Milan heat up

David BeckhamRome  - English veteran David Beckham remained firmly in the news Sunday after playing another convincing game with AC Milan and openly declaring his desire to play in Italy rather than returning to Los Angeles Galaxy.

Beckham, 33, has been at the Devils since late December on a loan deal set to expire on March 8, when he is due to rejoin the California club for the start of the US Major League Soccer (MLS).

On Saturday, LA Galaxy rejected AC Milan's bid to sign Beckham on a permanent deal.

Campaign to name babies after Mussolini finds "generous" donors

Rome  - A tiny Italian far-right party has claimed success in raising funds for a money prize it is offering to parents who name their babies after wartime fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, or his wife Rachele.

"We've got 516,000 euros (668,000 dollars), with donations coming in from all over the world," MSI-Fiamma Tricolore official, Vincenzo Mancusi, told Milan-daily Corriere della Sera in an interview published Sunday.

Substantial donations from Carinthia - the state in Austria which was until recently governed by the late far-right leader Joerg Haider - France and Spain have been registered, Mancusi said.

Hindus, Jews urge Italian PM to visit burnt Indian immigrant in Rome hospital

Hindus, Jews urge Italian PM to visit burnt Indian immigrant in Rome hospitalRome, Feb. 8: Hindus and Jews have appealed to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to visit a savagely burnt Indian immigrant in a Rome hospital and send out a strong message against xenophobia.

Prominent Hindu American leader Rajan Zed and Jweish community leader Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich in a statement in Nevada, also asked the Italian Government to provide adequate compensation to Navtej Singh Sidhu who was brutally beaten, insulted and set on fire with petrol while asleep in Nettuno, south of Rome.

ROUNDUP: AC Milan draw with Reggina, lose ground from Inter Milan

AC Milan draw with Reggina, lose ground from Inter Milan Rome  - A spot kick from Kaka late Saturday levelled a goal from former AC Milan forward Davide Di Gennaro as the Devils were held to a 1-1 home draw against Serie A tail-enders Reggina.

The result was good news for leaders Inter Milan, who earlier Saturday had Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Portugal veteran Luis Figo and Serbian midfielder Dejan Stankovic on target in a 3-0 crushing of Lecce.

Leaders Inter Milan enjoy comfortable win at Lecce

Leaders Inter Milan enjoy comfortable win at Lecce Rome  - Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Portugal veteran Luis Figo and Serbian midfielder Dejan Stankovic all found the net Sunday as Serie A leaders Inter Milan crushed Lecce 3-0.

Lecce's defence lent the towering Ibra a hand on 12 minutes by botching their offside trap and allowing him to score his 14th goal of the season, firing home a deadly right-footer off a feed from Esteban Cambiasso.

Figo, 36, secured the win in the second half, heading home a cross from Davide Santon, a young defender who is just half his age, while Stankovic made it 3-0, also with a header.

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