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Italy requests EU plan against migrant wave from Libya

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FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, April 15, 2019, with the Eiffel Tower behind, left, flames and smoke rise from the blaze at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that destroyed its spire and its roof but spared its twin medieval bell towers, and prompted a frantic rescue effort to save its most precious artefacts. The recent devastating Notre Dame fire in Paris was a warning bell that all of Europe needs to hear, since so many monuments and palaces across the continent are in need of better upkeep according to European officials. “We are so used to our outstanding cultural heritage in Europe that we tend to forget that it needs constant care and attention,” Tibor Navracsics, the European Union’s top culture official, told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Thierry Mallet, FILE)

Notre Dame fire was a warning bell. But will Europe listen?

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Juventus players celebrate at the end of a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and AC Fiorentina, at the Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, April 20, 2019. Juventus clinched a record-extending eighth successive Serie A title, with five matches to spare, after it defeated Fiorentina 2-1. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

How Juventus won its 8th straight Serie A title

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after missing a scoring chance during the Champions League quarter final, second leg soccer match between Juventus and Ajax, at the Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Juventus’ failure linked to Italy’s ‘catenaccio’ past

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte meets the media at Chigi Palace premier office in Rome, Monday, April 15, 2019. Italy’s premier called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya and a withdrawal of the Libyan National Army forces, saying that a military campaign cannot bring stability to the northern African nation. Premier Giuseppe Conte spoke Monday after meeting with Qatar’s foreign minister in Rome. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP)

UN says 146 killed in Libya as Italy calls for cease-fire

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Venue cancels fascist book event after protests

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Third Mussolini descendent enters Italian political arena

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Italian Interior Minister and Vice Premier Matteo Salvini answers reporters during a media conference at the G7 Interior Ministers meeting in Paris, Friday, April 5, 2019. The world's security challenges are on the top of the agenda of foreign and interior ministers of the Group of Seven countries who are gathering in France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Euroskeptic, populist parties form alliance in Europe

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

"We are at the front of this European wave. It will cover the continent," said Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, considered one of the most powerful figures in Italy's populist coalition government. (Associated Press/File)

Matteo Salvini, Europe right-wing leaders to meet for election strategy

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Interior, Matteo Salvini, holds a Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics candidate city flag upon his arrival at a meeting with the IOC evaluation commission, in Milan, Italy, Friday, April 5, 2019. The Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics has been boosted by a key letter of financial support from the Italian government. The letter signed by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte was delivered to Octavian Morariu, the chair of the IOC’s evaluation commission, which is concluding a weeklong inspection of the bid sites. (Daniel Dal Zennaro/ANSA via AP)

Milan-Cortina 2026 bid boosted by government support

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2017 file photo, Libyan militia commander General Khalifa Hifter meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia. The U.N. chief says he's worried about a major armed showdown in Libya and is urging warring factions to instead turn to dialogue. Forces loyal to Hifter, who commands the self-styled Libya National Army that's based in the country's east, took control overnight Wednesday April 3, 2019, of the town of Gharyan, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Tripoli, without major clashes. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

The Latest: UN Security Council urges de-escalation in Libya

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migrants walk by a refugee camp in the village of Diavata, west of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Friday, April 5, 2019. Clashes broke out Thursday between migrants and Greek police outside a camp in northern Greece, where hundreds gathered in the hope of reviving a route that saw hundreds of thousands enter more prosperous countries in Europe. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

The Latest: France says some aid groups help smugglers

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Migrants on a rubber dinghy are approached by Sea-Watch rescue ship's staffers in the waters off Libya Wednesday, April 3, 2019. The German humanitarian group Sea-Watch says the ship it operates in the central Mediterranean Sea has rescued 64 migrants in waters off Libya. Sea-Watch wrote Wednesday on Twitter that the people brought to safety from a rubber dinghy included 10 women, five children and a newborn baby. The group said it carried out the rescue off the coast of Zuwarah after Libyan authorities couldn't be reached. Sea-Watch is asking Italy or Malta to open a port to the rescue ship, the Alan Kurdi. (Fabian Heinz/Sea-eye.org via AP)

Italy rebuffs ship with 64 migrants rescued in sea off Libya

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Another infant boy in Italy dies after home circumcision

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European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, hug each other at the end of a press conference following their meeting, at Palazzo Chigi, in Rome, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

EU’s Juncker concerned over Italy’s slowing economy

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Texas Tech guard Davide Moretti celebrates after scoring against Gonzaga during the second half of the West Regional final in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Texas Tech takes down Gonzaga to earn first trip to Final Four

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

People march to protest the World Congress of Families, in Verona, Italy, Saturday, March 30, 2019. A congress in Italy under the auspices of a U.S. organization that defines family as strictly centering around a mother and father has made Verona — the city of Romeo and Juliet — the backdrop for a culture clash over family values, with a coalition of civic groups mobilizing against what they see as a counter-reform movement to limit LGBT and women's rights. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Conservative congress on family sharply divides Italy

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2019, photo, Italian Interior Minister and Vice Premier Matteo Salvini gestures at the Italian Senate in Rome. Migrants hijacked a cargo ship in Libyan waters on Wednesday March 27, 2019, and have forced the crew to reroute the vessel north toward Europe, and Italian Interior Minister Salvini said the ship, was carrying around 120 migrants, but Italian authorities vowed they would not allow it into their territorial waters. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

The Latest: Tanker owner: Libya asked us to rescue migrants

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In this Sunday, March 24 2019 photo, spectators watch the Italian league women’s match between Juventus Women and Fiorentina Women in the Allianz Arena in Turin, Italy. The exceptional growth of women’s soccer took another leap forward when 39,000 people packed into the Allianz Stadium to watch Juventus Women beat Fiorentina Women 1-0 on a sunny Sunday afternoon. That was a record attendance in Italy that far eclipsed the old mark of 14,000. (AP Photo/Daniella Matar)

Women’s soccer gets another boost with huge crowd in Italy

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Greek players celebrate their team's second goal during the Euro 2020 group J qualifying soccer match between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Greece in Zenica, Bosnia, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Quagliarella sets Italy’s mark in 6-0 win over Liechtenstein

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