International: Whatever happened with that dead Italian secret service man?

Stories like the killing of Italian Secret Serviceman Nicola Calipari by US soldiers always get reported and then dropped from the US papers before anything happens. What's going on now, more than a month after the incident? Mainly US obstruction of the Italian investigation.

Italian investigators have clashed with Americans over plans to absolve US soldiers of any blame for the death of the Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari, killed while escorting an Italian hostage out of Iraq last month.

The Italians are also unhappy that the US will not let them examine the car in which Mr Calipari was traveling when shot. The joint investigation is deadlocked and the dispute is holding up the final report on the incident.