"Inter tour back on after re-think"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4711717.stm
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Sports minister Richard Caborn has confirmed that Inter Milan will tour England as originally scheduled.
Inter were criticised for scrapping the four-game tour over security fears, but Caborn has since held talks with Italian sports minister Mario Pescante.
"It is very important that life goes on and sport is at the forefront of that," Caborn said.
"In London we had Grand Prix athletics and cricket this weekend. It's business as usual. We make no concessions."
The Italian club said there had been a misunderstanding and insisted they had taken their initial stance so as not to "further stretch the already severely occupied security services".
The Italian ambassador in London, Signor Giancarlo Aragona, told BBC Sport that the tour would go ahead, with the team due to fly into London on Sunday.
He added Inter had been involved in discussions with security services over the safety of the trip.
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