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Italy: Bridge failure that killed 43 was ‘absurd,’ avoidable

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A migrant, center, receives aid just after disembarking from the Italian Coast Guard ship &quot;Diciotti&quot; in the port of Catania, Italy, early Sunday morning, Aug. 26, 2018. Italy’s populist government had not let them leave the ship for ten days after they were rescued in the Mediterranean on Aug. 16, demanding that other European Union countries would take them. Only Ireland did, pledging to take 20, while non-EU Albania will take 20, and Italian Catholic bishops said they would care for about 100. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)

The Latest: UN refugee chief urges long-term EU solution

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Migrants waiting to be disembarked from the Italian Coast Guard ship &quot;Diciotti&quot; in the port of Catania, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)

10 days after rescue, Italy lets all migrants leave a ship

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Migrants aboard the Italian Coast Guard ship Diciotti gather on the deck as they await decisions in the port of Catania, Italy, Friday, Aug. 24 2018. An Italian lawmaker says rescued migrants stuck aboard an Italian coast guard ship are starting a hunger strike. Rescued on Aug. 16 in the Mediterranean Sea, 150 migrants are still on the ship after minors and the sick were allowed off in recent days. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)

Italy: Catholic church, Albania, Ireland to take migrants

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Migrants aboard the Italian Coast Guard ship Diciotti gather on the deck as they await decisions in the port of Catania, Italy, Friday, Aug. 24 2018. An Italian lawmaker says rescued migrants stuck aboard an Italian coast guard ship are starting a hunger strike. Rescued on Aug. 16 in the Mediterranean Sea, 150 migrants are still on the ship after minors and the sick were allowed off in recent days. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)

The Latest: Italian church will take most migrants from ship

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Migrants aboard the Italian Coast Guard ship Diciotti talk as they await decisions in the port of Catania, Italy, Friday, Aug. 24 2018. An Italian lawmaker says rescued migrants stuck aboard an Italian coast guard ship are starting a hunger strike. Rescued on Aug. 16 in the Mediterranean Sea, 150 migrants are still on the ship after minors and the sick were allowed off in recent days. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)

Migrants aboard Italian coast guard ship begin hunger strike

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Migrants wait to disembark from Italian Coast Guard ship Diciotti in the port of Catania, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. A delegation from Italy’s guarantor of personal rights office has boarded a coast guard ship in a Sicilian port with 150 African migrants stuck aboard for days, after the Italian interior minister vowed none will set foot on Italian soil. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)

Rights official: Italy is unjustly holding migrants on boat

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, July 15, 2018, asylum seeker from Mali, Moriba Mamadou Diarra, 18, shares a light moment with Barbara Di Clemente, 79-year-old Italian grandmother, at a sports centre near their home, in Rome. Di Clemente has been hosting Diarra in her home for a few months now, through a program called &quot;Refugees Welcome&quot; where Italian families can apply to open their homes and host young refugees in need. (AP Photo/Simone Somekh)

Opening door to migrants, some Italians defy government line

By SIMONE SOMEKH - Associated Press

Migrants disembark from the Aquarius rescue ship in the harbor of Senglea, Malta, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Malta agreed to let the private rescue ship dock on the island, with the 141 migrants it is carrying to be distributed among five European Union nations in what was described as a &quot;responsibility-sharing exercise.&quot; The migrants were plucked to safety by the aid boat Aquarius in two separate operations in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya on Friday, Aug. 10. (AP Photo/Rene Rossignaud)

Italy threatens to return migrants to Libya in new standoff

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People gather for a funeral service for some of the victims of a collapsed highway bridge, in Genoa's exhibition center Fiera di Genova, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. Saturday has been declared a national day of mourning in Italy and includes a state funeral at the industrial port city's fair grounds for those who plunged to their deaths as the 45-meter (150-foot) tall Morandi Bridge gave way Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

French audit warns 840 bridges may face risk of collapse

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People stand by a small white coffin of a victim of a collapsed highway bridge prior to the start of the funeral service, in Genoa, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. Saturday has been declared a national day of mourning in Italy and includes a state funeral at the industrial port city's fair grounds for those who plunged to their deaths as the 45-meter (150-foot) tall Morandi Bridge gave way Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Romanian trucker is Genoa bridge’s 43rd victim

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Firefighters remove debris of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. (Luca Zennaro/ANSA via AP)

Toll rises to 42 in Italy bridge collapse ahead of funerals

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and PAOLO SANTALUCIA - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, May 22, 2017, mannequins stand inside a shuttered shop with signs that read &quot;for rent&quot; as a man walks past in central Athens. Greece officially emerges from its bailout program on upcoming Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, after eight years of cutbacks enforced in return for three massive loan infusions, but the huge debt pile in Greece and throughout Europe could take generations to defuse. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, FILE)

Greek bailout ends, but Europe’s debt problems grind on

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

A woman pulls a suitcase after being accompanied by firefighters to get her belongings from her home, in Genoa, Italy, Thursday Aug. 16, 2018. Authorities worried about the stability of remaining large sections of a partially collapsed bridge evacuated about 630 people from nearby apartments, some practically in the shadow of the elevated highway. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Bridge collapse death toll lowered by 1 to 38

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Quakes rock southern Italy, alarmed people sleeping outdoors

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Undated Facebook photo of Roberto Robbiano, 43, top left, Ersilia Piccinino, 41, right, and their nine-year old son Samuel, who were among the victims of the Morandi highway bridge that collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 90 meters (nearly 300 feet) into a heap of rubble below and killing 39 people. (Roberto Robbiano via AP)

3 kids heading on summer vacations among Italy bridge dead

By SIMONE SOMEKH - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Italian firefighters, rescue teams work among the rubble of the collapsed Morando highway bridge in Genoa, northern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 90 meters (nearly 300 feet) into a heap of rubble below. (Vigili Del Fuoco via AP)

Death toll hits 39 in Italy bridge collapse; blame begins

By Paolo Santalucia and Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug.1, 2018 file photo, the French NGO &quot;SOS Mediterranee&quot; Aquarius ship leaves the Marseille harbor, southern France. he European Commission said Monday Aug.13, 2018 that it is in contact with a number of member states to identify a country willing to take 141 migrants picked up by a rescue ship, after the French aid groups operating the ship appealed for a safe port and Italy said Britain should take responsibility. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

The Latest: Malta says Italy taking some Aquarius migrants

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A view of the Morandi highway bridge that collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. A large section of the bridge collapsed over an industrial area in the Italian city of Genova during a sudden and violent storm, leaving vehicles crushed in rubble below. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Survivors describe Italy bridge collapse

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Rescues work among the rubble of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, northern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A large section of the bridge collapsed over an industrial area in the Italian city of Genova during a sudden and violent storm, leaving vehicles crushed in rubble below. (Luca Zennaro/ANSA via AP)

Cars plunge as Italian highway bridge collapses; 20 killed

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press