Panama President Ricardo Martinelli gestures during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Panama City April 19, 2012. Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Wednesday that an intermediary between Italy's state-controlled defense firm Finmeccanica and Martinelli promised to give Martinelli a helicopter worth $8 million as a gift in exchange for a purchase of 5 helicopters in 2010. Finmeccanica said Wednesday it "had committed no irregularities" in a 2010 contact to supply its AgustaWestland helicopters to Panama, denying accusations printed by the Italian newspaper. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso (PANAMA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TRANSPORT) 

Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Panama City April 19, 2012. Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Wednesday that an intermediary between Italy's state-controlled defense firm Finmeccanica and Martinelli promised to give Martinelli a helicopter worth $8 million as a gift in exchange for a purchase of 5 helicopters in 2010. Finmeccanica said Wednesday it "had committed no irregularities" in a 2010 contact to supply its AgustaWestland helicopters to Panama, denying accusations printed by the Italian newspaper. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso (PANAMA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TRANSPORT HEADSHOT) 

Panama President Ricardo Martinelli gestures during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Panama City April 19, 2012. Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Wednesday that an intermediary between Italy's state-controlled defense firm Finmeccanica and Martinelli promised to give Martinelli a helicopter worth $8 million as a gift in exchange for a purchase of 5 helicopters in 2010. Finmeccanica said Wednesday it "had committed no irregularities" in a 2010 contact to supply its AgustaWestland helicopters to Panama, denying accusations printed by the Italian newspaper. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso (PANAMA - Tags: POLITICS TRANSPORT BUSINESS) 

Panama President Ricardo Martinelli gestures during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Panama City April 19, 2012. Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Wednesday that an intermediary between Italy's state-controlled defense firm Finmeccanica and Martinelli promised to give Martinelli a helicopter worth $8 million as a gift in exchange for a purchase of 5 helicopters in 2010. Finmeccanica said Wednesday it "had committed no irregularities" in a 2010 contact to supply its AgustaWestland helicopters to Panama, denying accusations printed by the Italian newspaper. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso (PANAMA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TRANSPORT) 

Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko enters the state prosecutor's office in Kiev December 22, 2010. Tymoshenko criticised Western states on Tuesday for dealing with the government of President Viktor Yanukovich, accusing it of creating the "stability of the cemetery" by crushing opposition. Tymoshenko was charged with abuse of office this month and told Italian daily la Repubblica in an interview she faced up to 10 years in jail if found guilty. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko arrives at the state prosecutor's office in Kiev December 22, 2010. Tymoshenko criticised Western states on Tuesday for dealing with the government of President Viktor Yanukovich, accusing it of creating the "stability of the cemetery" by crushing opposition. Tymoshenko was charged with abuse of office this month and told Italian daily la Repubblica in an interview she faced up to 10 years in jail if found guilty. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko (C) talks to the media as she arrives at the state prosecutor's office in Kiev December 22, 2010. Tymoshenko criticised Western states on Tuesday for dealing with the government of President Viktor Yanukovich, accusing it of creating the "stability of the cemetery" by crushing opposition. Tymoshenko was charged with abuse of office this month and told Italian daily la Repubblica in an interview she faced up to 10 years in jail if found guilty. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko (front) arrives at the state prosecutor's office in Kiev December 22, 2010. Tymoshenko criticised Western states on Tuesday for dealing with the government of President Viktor Yanukovich, accusing it of creating the "stability of the cemetery" by crushing opposition. Tymoshenko was charged with abuse of office this month and told Italian daily la Repubblica in an interview she faced up to 10 years in jail if found guilty. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

The marble statue of "Venus and Mars" is displayed inside Chigi Palace in Rome November 18, 2010. The statue was restored adding the hands and the penis, as it was discovered in 1918, after personal pressure by Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, "La Repubblica" newspaper says. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY - Tags: SOCIETY) 

The marble statue of "Venus and Mars" is displayed inside Chigi Palace in Rome November 18, 2010. The statue was restored adding the hands and the penis, as it was discovered in 1918, after personal pressure by Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, "La Repubblica" newspaper says. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY - Tags: SOCIETY) 

The marble statue of "Venus and Mars" is placed inside Chigi Palace in Rome February 25, 2010. The statue was restored adding the hands and the penis, as it was discovered in 1918, after personal pressure by Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, "La Repubblica" newspaper says. Picture taken February 25, 2010. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A combination picture shows the marble statue of "Venus and Mars" before restoration in February 2010 and after (R) restoration, inside Chigi Palace in Rome November 18, 2010. The statue was restored adding the hands and the penis, as it was discovered in 1918, after personal pressure by Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, "La Repubblica" newspaper says. REUTERS/Remo Casilli (ITALY - Tags: SOCIETY) 

An article about the "Women offended by the premier" appeal published by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica is seen in Rome October 22, 2009. Silvio Berlusconi's cutting remark about a female rival's lack of beauty has stirred a rare public backlash from thousands of Italian women who had largely kept silent about the prime minister's womanising and sex scandals. About 100,000 Italian women have signed the "Women offended by the premier" appeal after Berlusconi told the matronly, bespectacled leftist Rosy Bindi that she was "more beautiful than intelligent" in a swipe at both her looks and brains. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (ITALY POLITICS) 

A woman reads an article about the "Women offended by the premier" appeal in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica in Rome October 22, 2009. Silvio Berlusconi's cutting remark about a female rival's lack of beauty has stirred a rare public backlash from thousands of Italian women who had largely kept silent about the prime minister's womanising and sex scandals. About 100,000 Italian women have signed the "Women offended by the premier" appeal after Berlusconi told the matronly, bespectacled leftist Rosy Bindi that she was "more beautiful than intelligent" in a swipe at both her looks and brains. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (ITALY POLITICS) 

A woman buys a copy of Italian newspaper La Repubblica in Rome October 22, 2009. Silvio Berlusconi's cutting remark about a female rival's lack of beauty has stirred a rare public backlash from thousands of Italian women who had largely kept silent about the prime minister's womanising and sex scandals. About 100,000 Italian women have signed the "Women offended by the premier" appeal after Berlusconi told the matronly, bespectacled leftist Rosy Bindi that she was "more beautiful than intelligent" in a swipe at both her looks and brains. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico (ITALY POLITICS) 

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his wife Veronica Lario (L) attend a function at Villa Madama in Rome in a June 4, 2004 file photo. Berlusconi's wife wants to file for divorce, Italian media reported May 3, 2009, just days after she publicly criticised his party's selection of young women to run in European elections. "I have been forced to take this step, I don't want to add anything else," La Stampa newspaper quoted Berlusconi's wife Veronica, 52, as saying. La Repubblica daily and ANSA news agency also carried the report. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files (ITALY POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his wife Veronica Lario (L) pose at Villa Madama in Rome in a June 4, 2004 file photo. Berlusconi's wife wants to file for divorce, Italian media reported May 3, 2009, just days after she publicly criticised his party's selection of young women to run in European elections. "I have been forced to take this step, I don't want to add anything else," La Stampa newspaper quoted Berlusconi's wife Veronica, 52, as saying. La Repubblica daily and ANSA news agency also carried the report. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files (ITALY POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his wife Veronica Lario (L) pose at Villa Madama in Rome in a June 4, 2004 file photo. Berlusconi's wife wants to file for divorce, Italian media reported May 3, 2009, just days after she publicly criticised his party's selection of young women to run in European elections. "I have been forced to take this step, I don't want to add anything else," La Stampa newspaper quoted Berlusconi's wife Veronica, 52, as saying. La Repubblica daily and ANSA news agency also carried the report. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files (ITALY POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo speaks during a news conference at the "La Repubblica" editorial headquarters in Rome March 21, 2007. Mastrogiacomo, freed after being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan, returned home on Tuesday amid political controversy over the conditions of his release. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo attends a news conference at the "La Repubblica" editorial headquarters in Rome March 21, 2007. Mastrogiacomo, freed after being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan, returned home on Tuesday amid political controversy over the conditions of his release. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo speaks during a news conference flanked by his wife Luisella at the "La Repubblica" editorial headquarters in Rome March 21, 2007. Mastrogiacomo, freed after being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan, returned home on Tuesday amid political controversy over the conditions of his release. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo speaks during a news conference at the "La Repubblica" editorial headquarters in Rome March 21, 2007. Mastrogiacomo, freed after being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan, returned home on Tuesday amid political controversy over the conditions of his release. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo speaks during a news conference at the "La Repubblica" editorial headquarters in Rome March 21, 2007. Mastrogiacomo, freed after being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan, returned home on Tuesday amid political controversy over the conditions of his release. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (R) is embraced by his daughter as he arrives in Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives after his release from captivity in Afghanistan to Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo waves as he arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo is embraced by his son as he arrives after his release from captivity in Afghanistan to Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo is embraced by his daughter as he arrives after his release from captivity in Afghanistan to Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives after his release from captivity in Afghanistan to Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (L) is embraced by Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi as he arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (2nd L) is embraced by his son as he arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (L) is embraced by his mother Franca Lisa as he arrives after his release from captivity in Afghanistan to Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (R) is embraced by his daughter as he arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (L) is embraced by Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi as he arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (L) waves next to his wife Luisella Longo as he arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (L) kisses his wife Luisella Longo as he arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives at Ciampino airport in Rome March 20, 2007, after his release from captivity in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (ITALY) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo (L) speaks to children in a hospital run by the Italian charity Emergency in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan in this undated picture released March 20, 2007. MANDATORY CREDIT REUTERS/PeaceReporter.net (AFGHANISTAN) 

La Repubblica newspaper reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo arrives after his release from captivity to a hospital run by the Italian charity Emergency in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan March 19, 2007. Picture taken March 19, 2007. MANDATORY CREDIT REUTERS/PeaceReporter.net (AFGHANISTAN) 

La Repubblica newspaper director Ezio Mauro watches television monitors after the release of journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo from captivity in Afghanistan, in Rome March 19, 2007. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, holds a news conference after her husband's release with La Repubblica newspaper director Ezio Mauro (R) in Rome March 19, 2007. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, holds a news conference after her husband's release with La Repubblica newspaper director Ezio Mauro (R) in Rome March 19, 2007. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, smiles after her husband's release during a news conference at La Repubblica newspaper in Rome March 19, 2007. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, holds a news conference after her husband's release with La Repubblica newspaper director Ezio Mauro (R) in Rome March 19, 2007. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, talks with La Repubblica newspaper director Ezio Mauro (R) in Rome March 19, 2007. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday he expected Mastrogiacomo, who the Taliban reportedly handed over to tribal leaders in Afghanistan, to be released soon. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, walks with La Repubblica newspaper director Ezio Mauro (L) in Rome March 19, 2007. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday he expected Mastrogiacomo, who the Taliban reportedly handed over to tribal leaders in Afghanistan, to be released soon. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, walks with La Repubblica newspaper director Ezio Mauro (2nd R) in Rome March 19, 2007. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday he expected Mastrogiacomo, who the Taliban reportedly handed over to tribal leaders in Afghanistan, to be released soon. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, walks with La Repubblica newspaper director Ezio Mauro (R) in Rome March 19, 2007. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday he expected Mastrogiacomo, who the Taliban reportedly handed over to tribal leaders in Afghanistan, to be released soon. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, speaks on a telephone inside the newspaper La Repubblica's editorial offices in Rome March 19, 2007. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday he expected Mastrogiacomo, who the Taliban reportedly handed over to tribal leaders in Afghanistan, to be released soon. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo (L), wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, and Ezio Mauro, director of Italian newspaper La Repubblica, attend a demonstration of solidarity at Campidoglio square in Rome March 8, 2007. Italian newspaper La Repubblica has denied that one of its journalists who was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan was a spy. A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Mastrogiacomo, 52, had confessed to spying for British troops after being picked up in the lawless Helmand province. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY) 

Luisella Longo, wife of kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, attends a demonstration of solidarity at Campidoglio square in Rome March 8, 2007. Italian newspaper La Repubblica has denied that one of its journalists who was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan was a spy. A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Mastrogiacomo, 52, had confessed to spying for British troops after being picked up in the lawless Helmand province. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY) 

An Afghanistan flag waves as a banner depicting Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo hangs at the mayor's offices at Campidoglio square in Rome March 8, 2007. Italian newspaper La Repubblica has denied that one of its journalists who was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan was a spy. A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Mastrogiacomo, 52, had confessed to spying for British troops after being picked up in the lawless Helmand province. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY) 

An Afghanistan flag waves as a banner depicting Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo hangs at the mayor's offices at Campidoglio square in Rome March 8, 2007. Italian newspaper La Repubblica has denied that one of its journalists who was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan was a spy. A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Mastrogiacomo, 52, had confessed to spying for British troops after being picked up in the lawless Helmand province. The banner reads, "With Daniele Mastrogiacomo for his freedom". REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY) 

An Afghanistan flag waves as a banner depicting Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo hangs at the mayor's offices at Campidoglio square in Rome March 8, 2007. Italian newspaper La Repubblica has denied that Mastrogiacomo who was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan was a spy. A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Mastrogiacomo, 52, had confessed to spying for British troops after being picked up in the lawless Helmand province. The banner reads, "With Daniele Mastrogiacomo for his freedom". REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY) 

A banner depicting Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo hangs at the mayor's offices at Campidoglio square in Rome March 8, 2007. Italian newspaper La Repubblica has denied that one of its journalists who was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan was a spy. A Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday that Mastrogiacomo, 52, had confessed to spying for British troops after being picked up in the lawless Helmand province. The banner reads, "With Daniele Mastrogiacomo for his freedom". REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY)