fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt ʌntˈɪl tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn, hiː wʌzðə nˈuːzpeɪpɚz bjˈʊɹɹoʊ tʃˈiːf ɪn ɹˈoʊm, kˈʌvɚɹɪŋ sˈʌðɚn jˈʊɹɹəp ænd ðɪ ˈɑːɹmd kˈɑːnflɪkts ænd pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃənz ɪnðə bˈɔːlkənz.
From 1998 until 2001, he was the newspaper’s bureau chief in Rome, covering Southern Europe and the armed conflicts and political revolutions in the Balkans.