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Italian police have announced that they have uncovered a giant plot to create a new Nazi party within the country. They did not reveal how many people were involved or how many arrests were made, but we do know that they seized propaganda and weapons from 19 different properties. The group had links to Nazi groups in other European countries.

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Fri Nov 29 - Reuters

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