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Italian upstart party does well in local polls

AFP – Local run-off elections in Italy delivered a surprise victory Monday in northern Parma for the candidate of the upstart populist Five Star Movement. The party headed by comedian Beppe Grillo, which notched up a strong performance in the first round, scored another success, taking Parma with 60 percent.