WORLD IN BRIEF : ITALY : Labor Boss Chosen To Replace Craxi
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Labor leader Giorgio Benvenuto was picked to head Italy’s Socialist Party, succeeding onetime Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, who stepped down amid allegations he was involved in a corruption scandal. Giovanni Conso, a justice on Italy’s Constitutional Court, was sworn in as justice minister to succeed Claudio Martelli.
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