Olive Tree wins northern cities

ROME - Italy's ruling centre left Olive Tree coalition won second round elections for mayors in three cities previously targeted…

ROME - Italy's ruling centre left Olive Tree coalition won second round elections for mayors in three cities previously targeted by the Northern League in its campaign to create a breakaway state.

The centre left triumphed in Sunday's voting in the northern towns of Lodi, Mantua and Pavia.

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