Rome - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday departed Rome for his first trip as pontiff to Africa, with stops scheduled in Cameroon and Angola.

Benedict, on board an Alitalia Boeing 777 jet, left Rome's Fiumicino airport just after 10.00 a. m. (0900GMT) and was scheduled to arrive in Yaounde's Nsimalen airport in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, following a six-hour flight.

On Friday the pontiff plans to fly to Angola, from where he is scheduled to return to Rome on March 23.

Vatican City - The Vatican's official website, www. vatican. va will feature a new Chinese section from January 19, the Vatican said Monday.

"Thanks to the new service, internet users from throughout the world will be able to navigate in Chinese to access the texts of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI which will be available in both traditional and simplified Chinese characters," the Vatican said in a statement.

Rome - AC Milan's 5-2 win over Siena and the 300th goal from Filippo Inzaghi have been overshadowed by a season-ending injury of goalkeeper Christian Abbiati.

Abbiati, 32, collided with team mate Giuseppe Favalli at the weekend during Sunday's Serie A game in the Tuscany town, suffering a blow to his knee.

The exact nature of the injury was to be determined in medical examinations. The club fears Abbiati ruptured ligaments as he became the latest man in Milan's list of long-term absentees.

Rome  - Juventus waited until the second half to come from behind Saturday against lowly visitors Bologna and clinch a 4-1 win that pushed them within four points of leaders Inter Milan.

Hasan Salihamidzic levelled Bologna's first-half lead from Massimo Mutarelli before a goal from Sebastian Giovinco and an Alessandro Del Piero brace pushed Juve on
59 points from 28 games.

The Turin hosts missed injured Brazil striker Amauri, while Frenchman David Trezeguet remained sidelined after an alleged row with coach Claudio Ranieri.

Rome - Genoa moved up to fourth place in the Italian Serie A Saturday, winning 1-0 away to 10-man Cagliari through a late goal from substitute Ruben Olivera.

After an evenly balanced and fairly slow-paced half hour, Cagliari had a first chance when Uruguayan Diego Lopez headed against the post on 35 minutes.

However, the Sardinia hosts' had their efforts seriously hampered four minutes later as midfielder Andrea Cossu was sent off with a second booking.

Rome - Three western hostages who work for the international aid organization Doctors Without Borders have yet to be released but are expected to be freed soon, Italian media reports said Saturday.

The Italian government retracted an announcement, made late Friday by the country's foreign minister in Rome, that the release had already happened.

A spokeswoman in Paris for the French-based Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF,) as the organization is formally known, did not confirm the release.