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<DIV><FONT face="Meta Correios Portugal">Francesco Cossiga I0FCG was the 63rd
Prime Minister</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Meta Correios Portugal">and the eighth President of the Italian
Republic. <BR>From 17 August 2010 is SK.</FONT></DIV>
<H1>Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga I0FCG SK</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Francesco Cossiga, I0FCG</STRONG>, well-known Radio
Amateur and former <STRONG>President and Prime Minister of Italy</STRONG> passed
away on Tuesday, August 17, at the age of 82.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>He was interviewed about Amateur Radio in a 2004 episode of
the Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) show "Querrezeta".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Non-Italian speakers will be able to make out several
references to his callsign and "Radio Amateur" in the interview.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-ZJwRiduJA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-ZJwRiduJA</A></EMBED></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>2006 Inductee in CQ Hall of Fame<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contest_awards/2010/2010_complete_inductees.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contest_awards/<BR>2010/2010_complete_inductees.pdf</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Francesco Cossiga I0FCG<BR></FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Cossiga" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Cossiga</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>BBC - Former Italian president Francesco Cossiga
dies<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11003414"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11003414</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) in Google
English<BR></FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/ItalyARI" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://tinyurl.com/ItalyARI</FONT></A></P>
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