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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: U.S. contribution to World War II won the war

By Victor Davis Hanson

In this photo made available Thursday, April 23, 2015, migrants crowd and inflatable dinghy as rescue vassel "Denaro" of the Italian Coast Guard approaches them, off the Libyan coast, in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, April 22, 2015. European Union leaders gathering for an extraordinary summit are facing calls from all sides to take emergency action to save lives in the Mediterranean, where hundreds of migrants are missing and feared drowned in recent days. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP Photo)

EU leaders face calls to take swift action on Mediterranean migrants

By Lorne Cook and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Survivors of the boat that overturned off the coasts of Libya Saturday, wait to disembark from Italian Coast Guard ship Bruno Gregoretti, at Catania Harbor, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015. A smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off Libya's coast as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy and intensifying pressure on the European Union Sunday to finally meet demands for decisive action. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Prosecutors build case against traffickers as EU mulls plan

By Trisha Thomas and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Rescuers help children to disembark in the Sicilian harbor of Pozzallo, Italy, early Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Malta to bury 24 victims of latest shipwreck tragedy

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

EU foreign ministers to meet after latest migrant tragedy

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

European rescue crews are responding regularly as boats filled with refugees from Africa and the Middle East attempt a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 700 drowned trying to reach shore over the weekend. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Migrants drown in Mediterranean as Europe refugee crisis boils over

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Italians’

By Aram Bakshian Jr.

In this photo taken at the Palermo harbor on April 15 and made available Sunday, April 19, migrants receive relief after disembarking in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. In background, right, is harbored the King Jacob Portuguese cargo vassel, the first ship to arrive near a boat believed to be crowded with 700 migrant in distress, only to see it capsizing in the waters north of Libya, Sunday, April 19, 2015. 24 migrants were confirmed dead, sparking fears for what could become the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant sea disaster, Italy's Coast Guard and other officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini)

Survivor: Smugglers locked hundreds in hold of capsized boat

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella during a private audience, in the pontiff's studio at the Vatican, Saturday, April 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Maurizio Brambatti, POOL)

Pope Francis asks Europe to do more for migrants flooding into Italy

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In this Nov. 15, 2014, file photo, U.S. President Baravk Obama left, puts his hands on the shoulders of Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi after the family photo session of the G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia. Obama will host Renzi at the White House on Friday, April 17, 2015, to compare notes on a range of issues, including Ukraine, Libya and Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

Obama, Matteo Renzi of Italy to meet at White House

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

President Barack Obama listens as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 17, 2015. The leaders discussed Europe's economy, a pending trade pact between the U.S. and Europe, climate change and energy security.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Italy downplays, Obama mum on drowned Christian migrants

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 30, 2015, file phota, Serena Williams returns the ball to Svetlana Kuznetsova during their match at the Miami Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla. The top-ranked player could face quite a challenge this weekend, though, when she may have to play three matches in two days before a hostile crowd on slow red clay against Italy in a Fed Cup World Group playoff. Besides playing two singles matches in the best-of-five series, Fernandez said Serena will also be expected to play doubles if the match is tied 2-2 Sunday. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Serena Williams could be asked to play 3 matches in 2 days

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press