A Rome judge started hearing arguments on Wednesday from prosecutors looking to try a U.S. soldier for shooting dead an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq last year while he was escorting a freed hostage to safety. The hearing was adjourned after two hours until February 7 to give the judge time to review lengthy arguments -- including about the tricky issue of jurisdiction -- in a case that has strained ties between Rome and Washington. Rome magistrates accuse Mario Lozano with the U.S. Army's 69th Infantry Regiment of "voluntary homicide" for shooting agent Nicola Calipari at a checkpoint in March 2005 while his car was heading for Baghdad airport. Lozano was not in court and his state-appointed lawyer said he was "unable to be located" since the U.S. authorities failed to give information on his whereabouts or hand him over to Italy....
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