Sollecito is from Bari, on the Adriatic coast, far south of the central Italian university town where he was studying, and in his prison interview he said he misses the smell of the sea.

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Other speakers at the opening ceremony included Mr. Stephen King, representative of the BBC, the Rector of Kabul University, Dr. Akbar Popal, and the President of the Academy of Sciences, Dr. Abdul Bari Rashid.

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