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CV���������N.���15���������GIOVED�����11���APRILE���2013���������������������������������THURSDAY,���APRIL���11,���2013 Elections or grand coalition. Scenarios for Italy crisis, uncertainty could drag on Protagonisti italiani: quando con lo sport trionfa il Tricolore BARBARA MINAFRA Any deal could clear the way for a government, otherwise Italy will head for elections DATED���MATERIAL���-���DO���NOT���DELAY ROME - Italy's political crisis, already a month old, could drag on for at least several more weeks and is now inextricably tied up with the vote for a successor to President Giorgio Napolitano, the man in charge of finding a solution. An election on Feb 24-25 pushed Italy into limbo with a huge protest vote for the populist 5-Star Movement splitting parliament three ways, wrecking the established bipolar system and leaving no group with enough Beppe Grillo refuses to vote confidence in any government led by the traditional parties support to rule alone. Under the constitution, it is up to the president to sort out the mess, but Napolitano's own 7year term ends in six weeks and his successor must be elected by the divided new parliament. Center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani has a majority in the lower house but not in the Senate and has rebuffed repeated overtures from center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi to form a grand coalition with him. Continued to page 15 Italy's Nadia Santini, named world's best chef by the foodies bible ROME - An Italian woman, Nadia Santini, has been named the world's best female chef by the World's Fifty Best Restaurants listing published by the foodies bible, Restaurant magazine. Santini, and her gourmand's retreat Dal Pescatore however, are no newcomers to recognition. Already in 2008, Nadia Santini placed 23rd on Restaurant's listing. She entered the annals of the country's culinary history in 1996 when she became the first Italian woman to receive three Michelin stars for her restaurant in Runate, northern Italy - the family-owned eatery known for a mix of traditional Italian cooking Nadia Santini is the world���s best chef according to Restaurant magazine and modern influences. It was there tucked in a picturesque corner of the Oglio Sud nature reserve on a country road in a village of approximately 38 souls that she learned her craft from her husband's grandmother Teresa and his mother Bruna. Broad-smiled mother-in-law Bruna, said Nadia speaking to a group of journalists in 2011, is unstoppable and moves with such rapidity that one has to watch her to understand her magic. "There's just no explaining some of the techniques she uses," said her daughter-in-law Nadia. Continued to page 15 Ci sono tante storie dietro a una vittoria sportiva, a un oro olimpico, a un record di velocit��. Ci sono innanzitutto uomini e donne che nel tempo sono diventati simboli, personaggi che hanno contribuito a fare grande il Paese di cui hanno vestito i colori, che nel mondo sono diventati ambasciatori dell���Italia e non solo testimoni di meravigliosa bravura nelle rispettive categorie sportive. Basta nominarli per associarli al Tricolore: Valentino Rossi pluridecorato motociclista, Valentina Vezzali medagliata nella scherma in 5 olimpiadi consecutive, il pilota Alex Zanardi che dopo il tremendo incidente automobilistico �� diventato simbolo paralimpico e dell���energia positiva dello sport, Alberto Tomba re dello sci, Marco Pantani nel ciclismo, Roberto Baggio che dopo i successi calcistici �� diventato promotore di valori sociali, di pace e diritti civili (come raccontiamo a pagina 5), i fratelli Abbagnale che vinsero l���oro nell���84 a Los Angeles nel cannottaggio, i campioni del mondo del 1982 come Gaetano Scirea, Claudio Gentile, Paolo Rossi e Dino Zoff (foto), l���appena scomparso recordman dell���atletica Pietro Mennea, o guardando ancor pi�� indietro, Giuseppe Meazza che vinse due mondiali di calcio nel ���34 e ���38 e il ciclista Attilio Pavesi che a Los Angeles nel 1932 conquist�� l���oro della crono su strada (la cui storia �� a pag 5). E ci sono partite, sfide e gare che, nelle tifoserie, hanno unito tutti davanti alla tv, anche a migliaia di chilometri di distanza. Come a Pasadena, la scorsa estate, quando la Commissione giovani di Los Angeles/Young Italians in Los Angeles, ha riunito in un bar italiani, italoamericani, americani e non solo per tifare gli Azzurri impegnati negli Europei, come L���Italo Americano ha documentato nelle sue pagine. E ci sono tifoserie che vanno oltre lo sport e non dimenticano la madrepatria lontana ma la sostengono come hanno fatto i nostri lettori raccogliendo fondi dopo i terremoti dell���Emilia o dell���Abruzzo, di cui ricorre in questi giorni il 4�� anniversario (pagina 8).

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