In Italy, a U.S. soldier has been ordered to stand trial for the deadly shooting of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari in Iraq. Calipari was escorting the Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena out of Iraq following her release from a month-long abduction. The soldier, Mario Lozano of the 69th Infantry Regiment in New York, is likely to be tried in absentia. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Giuliana Sgrena welcomed the trial, saying: “It is important because Italy showed its sovereignty in the face of the impunity of American soldiers. It’s not only a symbolic trial but an important trial for me because I think we can find out the truth.”