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In this image taken from video, Five-Star Movement Leader Luigi Di Maio speaks to reporters as he leaves home in Rome, Monday, March 5, 2018, the day after Italy's general elections. (ANSA via AP)
March 5, 2018, 10:25 pm
Populist parties surge in Italy vote, mainstream suffers
Anti-immigrant League, anti-establishment 5-Star Movement win big, but both fail to secure a majority to govern
By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield
League far-right party leader Matteo Salvini joins his hands during a press conference held at the League headquarter in Milan on March 5, 2018 ahead of the Italy's general election results. (AFP/Piero Ccruciatti)
March 5, 2018, 4:34 pm
Populists battle over right to govern Italy
Anti-immigrant party claims mandate after promising to shut down Roma camps, deport migrants, tackle 'danger' of Islam
By Terry DALEY
People line up at a polling station near the Vatican, in Rome, Sunday, March 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
March 5, 2018, 7:02 am
Election projections point to euroskeptic shift in Italy
'Ungovernable Italy' faces prospect of a hung Parliament and a long slog to the formation of a viable government
By Frances D'Emilio and Colleen Barry
Former Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party (PD), Matteo Renzi, arrives to vote on March 4, 2018 at a polling station in Florence. (AFP PHOTO / Claudio GIOVANNINI)
March 4, 2018, 11:08 am
Polls open in Italy after campaign marked by neo-fascist rhetoric
Some 46 million Italians casting ballots in vote predicted to end in hung parliament, as Berlusconi eyes return to power on anti-migrant wave
By Agencies
Head of the centre-right party Forza Italia (Go Italy) Silvio Berlusconi (C) poses for pictures with supporters, outside the San Severo chapel during his tour in downtown Naples on March 3, 2018 on the eve of a closely-watched general election poll. (AFP PHOTO / Carlo Hermann)
March 4, 2018, 5:21 am
Italians head to the polls with far-right expected to make gains
Scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi returns to limelight in election praised by Steve Bannon as 'pure populism'
By Dario Thuburn
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is cheered by followers prior to a meeting with European People’s Party President Manfred Weber, in Rome, February 21, 2018. (Ettore Ferrari/ANSA via AP)
February 25, 2018, 10:07 am
Despite scandal-ridden past, Berlusconi climbing back onto Italian throne
Sex scandals, serial gaffes and legal woes haven't kept flamboyant tycoon and his center-right Forza Italia from leading race ahead of March 4 vote
By Ljubomir Milasin and Lucy Adler
A forensic police officer looks at graffiti reading in Italian "Death to the cops" on a vandalized monument honoring police killed by Red Brigades terrorists, in Rome, February 21, 2018. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)
February 22, 2018, 6:02 am
Vandalism, violent incidents mark Italy’s election campaign
Swastikas and 'death to cops' scrawled on monument honoring murdered police as authorities warn crime syndicates trying to influence ballot through violence
By Frances D'Emilio
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi raise their glasses during a state dinner at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem February 1, 2010 (Avi Ohayon/Gpo/Flash 90)
February 21, 2018, 10:53 pm
Filber: I was fired for making Netanyahus give up pricey watch from Berlusconi
Netanyahu confidant, who signed a deal to turn state's witness, also reportedly tells investigators PM explicitly told him to assist Bezeq
By Tamar Pileggi
Former Italian Prime Minister and Forza Italia (Go Italy) party leader, Silvio Berlusconi, is backdropped by The League party leader Matteo Salvini during the recording of the Italian state television RAI, Porta a Porta (Door To Door) talk show in Rome, January 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
February 6, 2018, 8:35 am
Italy’s Berlusconi: 600,000 migrants ‘ready’ to commit crime
Ex-PM vows Africans will be deported if his center-right party wins March elections, says they are a 'social bomb ready to explode'
By Frances D'Emilio
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag portraying Yasser Arafat during a demonstration in front of Rome's Colosseum Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
February 4, 2018, 5:24 am
Secret diaries of Arafat come to light, confirming PLO pact with Italians
Palestinian leader's 19 volumes of notes from 1985 until just before his death also shed light on praise for Shimon Peres and kickback from Berlusconi to lie in fraud case
By TOI staff
Il Giornale newspaper is seen on sale in a newsstand with Hitler's 'Mein Kampf,' in Rome Saturday, June 11, 2016. (AP/Fabio Frustaci)
June 1, 2017, 1:35 pm
Italy publishes first critical edition of ‘Mein Kampf’
After seeing multiple versions devoid of analysis, scholars re-translate and annotate 'La Mia Battaglia' to show how dangerous modern politics could become
By Raphael Ahren
Italy's newly appointed Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (L) receives a silver bell from former prime minister Matteo Renzi at the Palazzo Chigi, during the swearing in ceremony on December 12, 2016 in Rome. (AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO)
December 12, 2016, 11:58 pm
Italy ‘strong, optimistic,’ as new cabinet sworn in
Paolo Gentiloni's center-left government will seek to ensure political stability, following resignation of Matteo Renzi
By Ella Ide
Graziano Delrio. (CC BY, Wikimedia/Francesco Pierantoni)
December 10, 2016, 4:04 am
Israel-trained doctor among frontrunners to succeed Renzi as Italy PM
Graziano Delrio, a father of 9, is outgoing leader's closest ally and confidant, would be seen as continuation of previous administration
By Ella Ide
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announces his resignation during a press conference at the Palazzo Chigi following the results of the vote for a referendum on constitutional reforms, on December 5, 2016 in Rome. (Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)
December 7, 2016, 11:29 pm
Italy’s Renzi resigns, hints at early election
PM forced to quit after a crushing referendum defeat, but gives no sign he will step down as PD party chief
By Angus Mackinnon
A supporter of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands up and shouts as US President Barack Obama speaks during a Hillary for America campaign event at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, November 4, 2016. (AFP/Jim Watson)
November 5, 2016, 4:57 am
Claims of election fraud resonate with growing audience
Among Trump supporters, about 35% say they will likely accept the results if Clinton wins
By George Jahn
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