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In this March 11, 2020, photo, Kalianthi Karipidu, 89, poses for a photo at the windows of her home in central Rome. Italy has one of the world’s oldest populations, and the coronavirus outbreak is taking its toll on family relationships. The elderly are sealing themselves off from loved ones or can’t be visited due to nursing home rules or travel restrictions. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Virus lockdown means Italy’s old are isolated from relatives

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

FILE - This combo of two images shows Rome's ancient Colosseum, top, at 12.49gmt on Sunday April 8, 2018, and at 13.00gmt of Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Italy's grave outbreak of coronavirus has emptied landmarks of tourists and Romans. A photographic look at Rome before virus fears spooked the public and now contrasts crowded places like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum now devoid of visitors. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Andrew Medichini)

AP PHOTOS: Rome’s eternally packed tourist sites emptied

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A man wearing a mask rides a scooter in Milan on Wednesday. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that all stores except food markets and pharmacies will be closed in response to the outbreak.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Italians struggle to adjust to coronavirus quarantine

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

A man pulls a trolley at an emtpy Campo dei Fiori open-air market, in Rome, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. The Italian government is assuring its citizens that supermarkets will remain open and stocked after panic buying erupted after broad anti-virus measures were announced nationwide, sparking overnight runs on 24-hour markets. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Virus-hit Italy gets more isolated as nations restrict entry

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

A woman wears a mask as people crowd a train from Padua, northern Italy, to Rome, early Sunday, March 8, 2020. Chaos and panic reigned as rumors spread that the Italian government was expanding its lockdown on Northern Italy to help contain the coronavirus, and many people tried to leave before being locked in one of the red areas. (AP Photo/Patricia Thomas)

Before Italy’s virus lockdown, a dash to the last train out

By TRISHA THOMAS - Associated Press

A man sits at a table as others are empty at a cafe in Largo Argentina square amid growing concern about the spread of a new coronavirus in Rome Saturday, March 7, 2020. Italy is taking an almighty hit to its already weak economy from being the focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italy coronavirus quarantine brings travel chaos

By Paolo Santalucia and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Italy's Minister of Health Roberto Speranza, and World Health organization Director for Europe Hans Kluge arrive for a press conference at the end of their meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy seeks to calm fears in Europe as cases, deaths rise

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Italian Army soldiers and police check transit to and from the cordoned areas near Turano Lodigiano, Northern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Civil protection officials on Tuesday reported a large jump of cases in Italy, from 222 to 283. Seven people have died, all of them elderly people suffering other pathologies. (Claudio Furlan/Lapresse via AP)

Europe: Officials try to stem virus panic, keep borders open

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A view of the ancient Roman Forum where archaeologists found an underground chamber containing a 1.4-meter (55-inch) wide sarcophagus and what appears to be an altar dating back to the 6th Century B.C., in Rome, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Archaeologists believe the underground shrine, who's finding was announced earlier this week, was dedicated to Romulus, the founder of the ancient city. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome’s founder, Romulus

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italian Police officer Marco Sangiovanni holds a mugshot of Beverly McCallum as he meets the media in Rome, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. An American woman wanted in the 2002 death of her husband, whose remains were so badly burned they weren't identified for more than a decade, was arrested in Rome after a multinational search. Rome police arrested Beverly McCallum, 59, after she and her teenage son checked into a Rome hotel on the northwest outskirts of the Italian capital. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

US murder suspect went undetected in Italy for 2 weeks

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This photo provided by the Eaton County Sheriff's Department and released on April 17, 2109 shows Robert Carabello. Eaton County prosecutors say 35-year-old Caraballo was killed in Charlotte, where he lived, and his remains were found in a metal foot locker that had been set on fire and left in a wooded area of Ottawa County. Police in Rome say an American woman wanted in the 2002 death of her husband has been arrested in a Rome hotel. Rome police arrested Beverly McCallum after she checked in sat the hotel. Italian hotels are required to register guests in an online system linked to a police database. A police spokeswoman said that database flagged an international arrest warrant for McCallum's arrest. U.S. authorities had been seeking to extradite McCallum from Pakistan, where she was believed to be living, to stand trial in the slaying of her husband, Robert Caraballo. (Eaton County Sheriff's Department via AP)

US woman wanted for husband’s 2002 death arrested in Rome

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Matteo Salvini of the League speaks to supporters during a campaign event in Bibbiano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Stefano Cavicchi/LaPresse via AP)

Salvini’s power bid through regional vote looks to founder

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Matteo Salvini of the League speaks to supporters during a campaign event in Bibbiano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Stefano Cavicchi/LaPresse via AP)

Matteo Salvini seeks power in Rome through regional victory

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen walk past Vatican Swiss Guards as they arrive at the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican ahead of their private audience with Pope Francis, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Mike Pence greets Pope Francis in Rome, exchanges well-wishes on same day as March for Life

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 14, 2020 photo, tears well up in Ana Lucia Salazar's eyes as she tells her story of abuse, during an interview in Mexico City. Salazar says that she was sexually abused by a Legion of Christ priest when she was eight. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

10 years after Vatican reform, Legion in new abuse crisis

By MARIA VERZA and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a media conference after an extraordinary meeting of the EU college of commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell briefed the college on Wednesday regarding the current situation in Libya and Iran. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Erdogan, Putin call for cease-fire in Libya from Jan 12

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris as firefighters tackle the blaze on April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) ** FILE **

Notre Dame fire wakes the world up to dangers of lead dust

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

Under Benito Mussolini (left), Italy was a pioneer of the fascist ideology in Europe and an early ally of Germany's Nazi government. Police raided 19 extremists' homes who they found to be openly "pro-Nazi, xenophobic, and anti-Semitic." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Police raids of neo-Nazis sparks fears of fascist revival in Italy

By Eric J. Lyman SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Italy cartoon depicting EU as Nazi camp sparks outcry

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An inside view of the underground Basilica of Porta Maggiore following restoration work, in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. An ancient underground basilica that only came to light a century ago has gotten a face-lift in Rome. The structure, near a gateway to ancient Rome known as Porta Maggiore, dates from the 1st Century. (Fabio Frustaci/ANSA via AP)

Ancient underground Roman basilica gets a face-lift

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