ABC. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called violence against women an "abomination" Thursday and urged political leaders to take the lead in changing the attitudes of men who abuse women. (Read the article by Edith M. Lederer)

ADNK. The Italian government has over the past week deported 90 illegal immigrants from the southernmost Italian island of Lampedusa, the interior ministry said on Friday. Those expelled were mainly Tunisians, Algerians and Egyptians. (Read the article)

LOS ANGELES TIMES. The 1980s are a novelty — and a not too distant one — to the twentysomethings that the fashion business so desperately chases. So the time period is ripe for ripping off. (Read the article)

MARKETING WEEK. To the thumping beats of dance music, designer Roberto Cavalli stuck two fingers up to the recession and launched his own credit card at Milan Fashion Week. (Read the article)

BBC. Some observers say Italy's recent focus on border controls and security neglects integration policy, at a time when the immigrant population has grown to more than four million, almost 7% of the total."Italy's becoming a caricature," said Sergio Carrera, a research fellow at the Brussels-based Centre for European Policy Studies. "It's becoming the example of a very extreme political discourse framing migration as a security issue, and justifying the implementation of very restrictive policies, having huge implications for human rights, fundamental rights, and social inclusion." (Read the Article)

NEW YORK TIMES. “What’s really important is the Italian design,” said Mr. Zagato, as we sat in a small conference area on the company’s show stand. A few feet away, the new Zagato Perana Z-One looked every bit like the swept-back sports cars I used to doodle in my schoolbooks. (Read the article by Nick Kurcsewsiki)

BBC. italy's government has revived plans to build a controversial bridge linking the island of Sicily to the mainland. The Messina bridge, whose centre span of 3.3km (two miles) would make it the longest in the world, has been a pet project of Italy's Silvio Berlusconi. (Read the artiicle)

AP. For the father of Italian painting, Rome is putting on a mother of all shows. An ambitious exhibit of works by Giotto and his pupils, the first on such a scale in Italy since the times of Mussolini, opened in the Italian capital on Friday. (Read the article by Frances D'Emilio)

USA TODAY. If anyone fits the target profile of a Maserati customer, it's Marti Eulberg. She's a top executive who splits her time between two homes: an apartment on Manhattan's West Side and a California ocean-view home here, perched over a golf course. (Read the article by Robert Hanashiro)