keywords: rome italy italian silvio hostage
text: Italy shocked by hostage killing, but won #39;t bow to Iraq  #39; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; ROME : Italy was in shock at the killing of a kidnapped journalist in Iraq, described by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a return  quot;to the dark times of barbarism, quot; but he pledged Italian troops would stay.