Rome - Italy has bulldozed the United Nations into agreeing to switch a world food summit from Rome to another location, probably elsewhere in Italy, which can be defended from anti-globalisation protests.
The UN Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, made a surprise climbdown at the weekend only days after insisting it would be unjustified and unauthorised to move the November meeting.
The Italian Prime Minister, Mr Silvio Berlusconi, made it clear he would not in any circumstances risk the capital being ravaged by the street battles seen in Genoa during the G8 summit in July.
