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Five-Star movement's candidate premier Luigi Di Maio holds his ballot at a polling station in Pomigliano d'Arco, near Naples, Italy, Sunday, March 4, 2018. More than 46 million Italians were voting Sunday in a general election that is being closely watched to determine if Italy would succumb to the populist, anti-establishment and far-right sentiment that has swept through much of Europe in recent years. (Ciro Fusco/ANSA via AP)

EDITORIAL: Election mischief in Italy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Fiorentina soccer team's players arrive to pay their tribute to their teammate Davide Astori at the Coverciano Sports Center, near Florence, Italy, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. The 31-year-old Astori was found dead in his hotel room on Sunday after a suspected cardiac arrest before his team was set to play an Italian league match at Udinese. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP)

Fiorentina’s squad pays respects to Astori

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Correction: Obit-Astori story

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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016 filer, Fiorentina's Davide Astori goes for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. Fiorentina captain Davide Astori has died, the club has announced. He was 31. Astori was found in the early hours of Sunday morning in his hotel room in Udine, where the team was staying ahead of an Italian league match. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Fiorentina captain Astori found dead aged 31 before match

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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2017 file photo, Davide Astori of AC Fiorentina attends a practice session in Moenchengladbach, Germany prior to a Europa League match. Fiorentina captain Davide Astori has died, the club has announced. He was 31. Astori was found in the early hours of Sunday morning March 4, 2018 in his hotel room in Udine, where the team was staying ahead of an Italian league match. (Marius Becker/dpa via AP)

Davide Astori, Fiorentina captain, dies at 31 of suspected cardiac arrest

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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 2, 2017 file photo, a sign at the specialty clinic at Children's Minnesota in Minneapolis, alerts patients to a measles outbreak in the area. While parts of the world have all but banished measles, Europe is still getting hit with large outbreaks where some people don’t get vaccinated. (AP Photo/Amy Forliti, file)

Science Says: Why Europe still has so many measles outbreaks

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Chelsea's team manager Antonio Conte gives directions to his players during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Chelsea at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Conte is Italy’s top choice for national coach

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From left, referee Maurizio Mariani, Atalanta's Rafael Toloi and Juventus goalie Gianluigi Buffon walk on the pitch of the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. Snowfall has prompted the Serie A match between six-time defending champion Juventus and Atalanta to be postponed. Fans filled the Allianz Stadium shortly before the scheduled kickoff Sunday but when the referee could not roll the ball on the snow-covered pitch, the game was quickly called off. (Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP)

Italy coach says he convinced Buffon to extend career

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 Doctor Roberto Ieraci checks a syringe before vaccinating a child in Rome. The nation is battling one of its worst epidemics of measles in recent years, reporting a six-fold increase in cases last year that accounted for a quarter of all the cases in Europe. And yet the Italian government's response, a new law requiring parents to vaccinate their kids against measles and nine other childhood diseases, has become one of the most divisive issues going into the nation’s March 4 general election. Public health authorities are incredulous that the small but loud anti-vax movement has gained traction during an entirely preventable measles outbreak, thanks to an election campaign where prominent politicians have questioned the safety of shots and denounced obligatory inoculations. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italy’s vaccine debate shows anti-establishment sway

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MARIA GRAZIA MURRU - Associated Press

Police take on students during a demonstration in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. Thousands of police have been deployed for protests in Rome, Milan and other Italian cities tasked with preventing clashes during an election campaign that has increasingly been marked by violence. At least a dozen marches, rallies or other protests were underway or about to start in several cities Saturday, on the last weekend that political rallies are allowed before the March 4 elections. (Daniel Dal Zennaro/ANSA via AP)

Italians stage protests in violence-marred election campaign

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

France's Mathieu BastareaudAvies for the ball with Italian players during the Six Nations rugby union match between France and Italy at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

6N: France snaps winless streak beating Italy 34-17

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A miner runs a coal continuous miner at a coal mine in Friedens, Pa., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Corsa Coal Corp. says the mine will create 70 to 100 new jobs and produce some 400,000 tons of metallurgical coal a year. President Donald Trump referred to the mine's opening during a speech announcing his intent to withdraw from the Paris climate accords. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Donald Trump’s European climate change critics fuel U.S. coal boom

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrate her gold medal during the venue ceremony at the Women's Giant Slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

American Shiffrin rallies on final run to win giant slalom

By DAVID BRANDT - Associated Press

Michela Moioli, of Italy, celebrates her win during the women's snowboard semifinals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Jacobellis leaves empty-handed again, but not feeling beaten

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, Moussa Sissoko, of Mali, left, helps build an igloo with Davide Midali, owner of an igloo village in San Simone di Valleve, near Bergamo, northern Italy. The local hotel now houses about 80 African asylum-seekers who were assigned to live there, but those migrants have picked up the art of igloo making to help a local restaurant owner realize a project to lure tourists back to this dying mountain resort. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Igloos built by migrants warm hearts in Italian Alps village

By CHARLENE PELE - Associated Press

FILE - In this, Thursday, June 18, 2015 file photo, Italy's coach Luigi Di Biagio sings the national anthem prior to t the Euro U21 soccer championship group match in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Di Biagio will take over Italy's senior national team on a caretaker basis for friendlies against Argentina and England in March. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Luigi Di Biagio takes over as Italy coach on caretaker basis

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2018 Pyeongchang Olympics medal projections

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Fognini powers Italy to Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals

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Italy takes 2-1 lead over Japan in Davis Cup

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Japan and Italy even at 1-1 in Davis Cup

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