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Officials Rescue 367 Migrants Off Libya; 25 Bodies Found
FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press ROME (AP) — A fishing boat crowded with migrants overturned Wednesday in…
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Italy Arrests 44 in Mafia Migrant Center Probe
(BBC) – Police in Italy have arrested 44 people over the rigging of public contracts to run migrant reception centers.…
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Migrant Crisis: EU Asks States to Accept 40,000 Asylum Seekers
(BBC) – The European Commission has called on EU member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and…
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Libya’s Coast Guard Detains Almost 600 African Migrants
(Reuters) – Libya’s coast guard detained on Wednesday almost 600 illegal African migrants, among them pregnant women and 18…
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Italy: UN Presence in Niger, Sudan Can Help Migrant Crisis
FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy pressed the EU on Wednesday to devise robust steps to stop the…
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Metta World Peace Heading for Italy in ‘Coup of the Century’
CANTU, Italy (AP) — Former NBA All-Star Metta World Peace has signed for Italian team Pallacanestro Cantu for the…
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Italy Rescues More Than 1,000 Migrants at Sea; 10 Perish
ROME (The Washington Post) — In dramatic sea rescues north of Libya, a flotilla of ships saved more than…
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Italy Presses UN to Achieve Political Solution for Libya
ROME (AP) — Italy pressed for swifter action Wednesday by the United Nations to find a political solution to…
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Africans Reunite in Italy
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It was an unusual setting in Italy, or at least so I thought. …
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Italy’s Race Problem: First Black Italian Minister Seeks Cultural Change
ROME (AP) — Italy’s first Black Cabinet minister, targeted by racist slurs following her appointment last week, said Friday that…
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