State funeral held for ex-premier Forlani

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 10 - A State funeral was held at Rome's Basilica dei Santi Pietro e Paolo church on Monday for ex-premier Arnaldo Forlani, who died last week at the age of 97.
    Forlani led the Italian government between 1980 and 1981 and was secretary of the once-dominant, now-defunct Christian Democracy (DC) party from 1989 to 1992.
    Italy is observing a day of national mourning for Forlani on Monday with flags flown at half-mast on public buildings and on Italian diplomatic and consular missions abroad.
    President Sergio Mattarella and Lower House Speaker Lorenzo Fontana were among the officials who attended the funeral.
    (ANSA).