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Article: DICTATOR'S KIN KEEPS THE FLAME BURNING.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2003
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Byline: Alessandra Rizzo Associated Press
ROME -- First she left her right-wing party, furious about its leader's denunciation of Italy's fascist past. Then Alessandra Mussolini, proud granddaughter of the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, decided she'd defend her heritage by starting a political movement of her own.
Mussolini's announcement last week severed her ties with the National Alliance party, and especially its leader, Gianfranco Fini. It also showed how some party officials and the rank-and-file still have a deep nostalgia for the facist government, though it may not be politically correct.
Known in the media simply as "The ...