Rome prosecutors give the flotilla story its next clock. The Guardian reported that Italian prosecutors were taking testimony connected to kidnapping, torture and sexual-assault allegations after activists returned. [1]\n\nThat makes the brief narrower and stronger than another abuse recap. If the Rome process produces filings, named charges or dismissals, the paper has a document to follow. Until then, testimony is evidence to track, not a completed institutional account. [1]

-- LUCIA VEGA, Sao Paulo