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  • FILE - this Jan. 5, 2013 file photo shows Manchester City's Mario Balotelli smiling ahead of the English FA Cup 3rd round soccer match against Watford at The City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England. AC Milan says Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 that it has reached an agreement with Manchester City to sign Mario Balotelli and the Italy striker will undergo a medical on Wednesday. Balotelli is then expected to sign a four-and-a-half year deal with Milan, until 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Super, files)

    Mario Balotelli to leave Man City for AC Milan

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  • Rescue workers recover the bodies of six people who died following a sled crash on Mount Cermis, northern Italy, early Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Six Russians were killed and two others were injured late Friday after their snowmobile slammed into a fence and flipped over into a ditch during a night run down an Italian ski slope. (AP Photo/Federico Modica)

    6 Russians die in snowmobile crash in Italy

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  • Wall section collapses in Pompeii after heavy rain

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    Powerful earthquake kills at least 4 in northern Italy

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  • ** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) is greeted by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Palace in Rome on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Italian Presidency, Antonio di Gennaro)

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