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Sarkozy to speak to Italian president on Friday

PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would speak by phone on Friday with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano as Italy, the euro zone's third-largest economy, seeks to pass economic reforms and form a new government to reassure financial markets.
"I will have President Napolitano on the telephone in a few minutes," Sarkozy told journalists during a war commemoration ceremony in Paris.