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Amanda Knox’s murder conviction overturned by Italy’s top court

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In this June 26, 2014 photo, Riccardo Cordi' stands on a terrace in Reggio, Calabria Italy with the Strait of Messina in the background. Cordi' was exiled to Messina during a pioneering anti-mafia program for juveniles, a kind of rehab away from the mob. (AP Photo/Adriana Sapone) (AP)

Italy fights mafia with new strategy: banish sons

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Pope Francis prays for peace with large crowd on Easter Sunday

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Shipwrecked Concordia hauled upright off Italy

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Francis makes 1st window appearance of papacy

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Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigning

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Mario Monti sworn in as Italian premier

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A giant bronze sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II is displayed outside Rome's Termini train Station, Friday, May 20, 2011. The Vatican is dismayed by a giant new sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II, saying the towering bronze work outside Rome's main train station doesn't even look like the late pontiff. Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano says Friday the towering modernistic statue gives the impression a bomb hit the square. The artist, Oliviero Rainaldi, depicts the pontiff as if he is opening his cloak to embrace faithful. But the Vatican says the effect is more like a police sentry box than of a welcoming pontiff. (AP Photo/Marco Guerrieri) (AP)

Vatican slams new pope John Paul sculpture

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Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful upon his arrival in St. Peter's square to celebrate Easter mass at the Vatican, Sunday, April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (AP)

Pope urges diplomacy in Libya

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Silvio Berlusconi aims to defend himself in court

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This photograph, obtained by The Associated Press outside Libya and taken by an individual not employed by AP, shows people chanting and holding signs during recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. Placards in Arabic read at top left "Strike, strike until the fall of the regime", and at top right "The people want to topple the regime". (AP Photo) EDITOR'S NOTE: THE AP HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE EXACT CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. (AP)

Foreigners evacuate Libya as violence escalates and uncertainty grows

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Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's square to bless the nativity scene at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI marked the final hours of 2010 on Friday with public prayer and a word of concern for families struggling with economic troubles. Benedict gave thanks for God's grace and love throughout the year as he presided over a traditional New Year's Eve vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (AP)

Pope defends Middle East Christians

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Pope speaks on anti-Christian violence

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Top mob boss nabbed in Italy

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Vatican’s Easter Mass derides “petty gossip”

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Pope’s preacher likens accusations to anti-Semitism

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Italian politicians rally to pope’s defense

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This image made available by the Italian Premier's office shows Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker hurled a statuette at him at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday.

Berlusconi bloodied

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