WORLD IN BRIEF : ITALY : Labor Boss Chosen To Replace Craxi
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Labor leader Giorgio Benvenuto was picked to head Italy’s Socialist Party, succeeding onetime Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, who stepped down amid allegations he was involved in a corruption scandal. Giovanni Conso, a justice on Italy’s Constitutional Court, was sworn in as justice minister to succeed Claudio Martelli.
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