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The Washington Post

Sicily’s first openly gay governor wins support with anti-mafia crusade

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report

PALERMO, Italy — Of the last two men to sit in Sicily’s palatial governor’s office, one is up on criminal charges and the other is doing hard time. Enter their successor, Rosario Crocetta — the unlikeliest politician ever to govern Cosa Nostra country.

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The Washington Post

Italian politics shaken up by crew of new legislators

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report

The 27-year-old elevator salesman without a single day of experience in political office arrived in the Italian capital this month with 162 other freshman legislators from the Five Star Movement — a Web-based force whose success in recent elections has the newcomers suddenly bidding arrivederci to politics as usual in Italy.

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The Washington Post

In Italy, former communist emerges as front-runner in next month’s elections

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this report