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Italy give Abdul Rahman asylum<\/a><\/p>\n

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Italy granted asylum Wednesday to an Afghan who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity, and Premier Silvio Berlusconi said the man was in the care of the Interior Ministry after arriving in Italy earlier in the day. <\/p>\n

Abdul Rahman "is already in Italy. I think he arrived overnight," Berlusconi said, declining to release more details<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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