Italy as head of the G8

As of January, Italy has been the new head of the Group of Eight ministerial conference. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says that the main goal of the G8 this term will be to make moves towards a new "global governance" for economic and security issues.
Italy has included additional countries in the meetings regarding the approach to Afghanistan security. They plan to include Iran as a crucial regional addition to the discussion as well as China, India, Russia, central Asia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
The main issue on the agenda is to defuse the Islamist terrorist threat ''which has its roots and bases in Afghanistan and Pakistan.''
(I read this account in an article found at ANSA.com)

Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata is based and distributed in Italy and it's main auidence are Italians. I took note of today's headlines on ANSA.com and they were for the most part regarding international news. This media outlet focuses more on Italy's involvement in world affairs rather than local politics, government and issues. It is Italian news on a larger scale.

Also ranked among the "top news" category were headlines about soccer, France, Sarah Palin's visit to Rome and additional stories of what to expect from Italy as the new head of the G8.